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On Monday, Regional Development Principal Secretary Margaret Mwakima was wrapping up inspection of school reopening in Kilifi when she met a shock of her life.
On entering Mtomondoni Primary School in Mtwapa, accompanied by journalists, she found hundreds of pupils sitting on logs and stones, writing on their laps some sweating under scorching sun.
Dr Mwakima had visited several other schools in the county and witnessed similar scenes but this one left her ashamed, making her leave in a huff without addressing the media.
Mtomondoni in one of the thousands of primary and secondary schools grappling with lessons under trees, as prescribed by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha.