An audit in Kenya has exposed 87,000 "ghost learners" in government systems, along with 26 non-operational schools, leading to an estimated Ksh 1.1 billion lost annually through siphoned capitation funds. This discovery has prompted a major cleanup by the Ministry of Education.

• The audit, conducted between September and October 2025, found the enrollment across public schools dropped from 11.6 million to just over 11 million learners.
• Education CS Julius Ogamba stated that funds were previously withheld from approximately 990 schools for failing to submit required data, clarifying that not all claims of "ghost schools" were due to non-existence.
• 10 secondary schools have been closed, and all schools were mandated to re-register under the new Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS) by the end of 2025 to eliminate fraudulent entities.