An assortment of secondary school textbooks have found their way in the backstreet and vendors are reaping big from the supplies.
This move is likely to cripple the government's effort to cut down on the student to book ratio.
A spot check by Hivisasa revealed that some booksellers in Migori town have stocked books bearing school rubber stamps in the streets of Migori.
This is despite the government's effort to march the 1:1 student to book ratio in its quest to meet the required threshold.
Individual donors have also come forward to supplement the government's effort.
One of the spots where you can get a second-hand book is at the main bridge located in Migori town.
Here, several books had visible rubber stamp markings which had been tampered with to conceal identities of the schools while some appeared to have been sourced from the schools.
Some books from St. Paul’s Ombo Secondary School in Uriri still had their rubber stamps visible.
The books were donated by Central Kanyamkago MCA Alex Akugo on February 8 this year.
When contacted, Akugo confirmed that he indeed donated the books to the school and had transferred the care of the books to the school.
Ombo Secondary School Principal Isaac Olambla, however, blatantly denied having lost any books from the school
“I don’t care whether you have the evidence or not, I think I have my records and I have my books in school,” said Olambla when reached on phone.
He, however, later acknowledged that some books from the school were missing.
It is yet to be known how these books eventually find their way in the streets of Migori town.
In past cases, some students have been found to conspire with rogue book vendors.
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