Textbook shops and vendors in Nakuru town are making a killing as Form One students started reporting to school Tuesday.
Nearly all bookshops and book stores are crowded as parents run up and down to buy the textbooks needed by students before admission.
Dennis Nyangoma, a vendor, said the business is good because of the huge number of customers.
“As you can see, there are so many people here and they come to shop for textbooks. The business is good and we hope it will last for long,” said Nyangoma.
He added; “Most customers are buying Form One textbooks, and we are happy with the way business is doing because we are making some profit”.
The parents, however, complained about the high costs of the available textbooks.
“The prices are so high in main bookshops and even for the secondhand textbooks,” said Mary Waithera .
Timothy Wanjala called on the government to regulate prices of textbooks to shield parents from exploitation by booksellers.
“The government should do something about this high prices of school items because we are suffering .The booksellers hike the prices anytime they want and the government has left poor Kenyans at the mercy of the traders,” he said