Roadside book sellers operating along different streets in Nakuru have been accused of buying books stolen from school libraries by students.
According to parents who spoke to HiviSasa, the cases are too numerous such that their children are even selling their own revision materials to the vendors.
This comes after an incident on Thursday along Biashara Street within the Nakuru CBD between a parent and a street vendor.
Trouble started when Jacob Cheruiyot noticed his son's name inscribed on a book he wanted to buy from the vendor.
"There is a collaboration between these vendors and students. How come most of lost books find their way here?" he wondered.
He said most of the books being sold in the streets are not acquired in a lawful manner by the traders.
"School libraries have no books yet the streets are filled with new books, where do the books come from?" Cheruiyot asked.
The loss of books in learning institutions has been attributed to the presence of some rogue vendors who are said to be providing a ready market.
"These vendors should be banned from operating because they encourage our students to steal books from school, national and home libraries to sell to them," said Juliet Khalisia, a parent.
The vendor was frog-matched to the Central Police Station and is expected to be arraigned in court for being in possession of stolen property.