Kenya: Free Secondary Education Plan on Course - Ruto

5 October 2017

Deputy President William Ruto has kept alive the Jubilee administration's pledge for free secondary education, announcing on Wednesday that the government will put up more classrooms at a cost of Sh50 billion from January to accommodate the expected increase in enrolment.

Mr Ruto, who was on the campaign trail in Vihiga County, his second tour of the region in a month, said the programme is in line with the pledge by the ruling Jubilee Party to pay tuition fees for all students in secondary school.

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