Kenya has introduced a free secondary schooling education programme with a target of raising student enrolment to 1.4 million by the end of the year. President Mwai Kibaki said the government will pay tuition fees for students while parents will meet boarding costs and buy uniforms.
This was a key pledge in his campaign for last year's election. violence over poll-rigging claims has left some 1,000 people dead and 600,000 displaced and many schools are closed. His government introduced universal free primary education after he was first elected in 2002.

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