Over 15,000 schools in Kenya face potential closure due to delayed capitation disbursement, a situation blamed on school heads failing to submit required data for verification. Only 3,000 out of 22,000 schools have received funds after an audit, triggered by billions lost to non-existent schools, revealed discrepancies.

• Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok stated that the delay is due to the ongoing verification of school data.
• The Auditor General and Members of Parliament ordered the audit after discovering fraud in capitation payments.
• Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Chairperson, Omboko Milemba, warned that schools might close before mid-term without timely funding.