A Kisumu based activist has urged the government through the respective agencies to investigate the source of textbooks sold on the streets by second hand dealers.
Martin Ochum from the Better Africa organisation says at the moment, due to increased textbook prices in bookshops, many parents have resorted to buying them from the streets.
Ochum, while addressing this writer claimed some of the suppliers of second hand textbooks usually steal them from schools and take them to the streets for quick money.
“We should ask ourselves where do this textbooks come from since sellers of these books are not known to hold any position in the publishing industry”, he said.
The activist said textbooks sold on the streets sometimes contain rubber stamps from different schools and such scenarios should be the cause for alarm among stakeholders.
“No school can willingly give out its books. In fact, we have schools trying their best in stocking up libraries. We should investigate the source of these books,” said Ochum.
He said parents should not be quick to buy books from the streets because chances of them finding there way back to the streets are high.
He urged the government through the police, to conduct a search among the second hand textbook dealers and return them to the respective schools in order to alleviate shortage.