Poverty and diseases hinder universal access to education in rural areas of Makueni County

Poverty and disease hinder universal access to education in rural areas of Makueni County despite government efforts to provide free primary education. In many schools across Kenya, children are required to pay levies for purchase of internal exams, remedial lessons, and even for costs associated with free feeding programs in schools which some parents cannot pay for, thus making the children frequently sent home for the same. Unpacks the dire situation of one family that cannot afford even thirty shillings as examination fees for their children