[PHOTOS] Parents flock uniform shops, bookstores ahead of school reopening

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Bookstores and Uniform centers are expecting business to boom despite parents decrying high cost of living.

by MANNY ANYANGO Digital Journalist and Social Media Executive

03 January 2024 - 15:04

Parents shop for school items ahead of reopening next week on January 3, 2024
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Parents in Nairobi and around the country have started tropping into school uniform outlets and bookshops as schools are set to reopen for the first term.

Schools across the country will reopen on January 8, 2024, next week.

They shopped for textbooks, exercise books, school shoes, and uniforms, among others.

Martin Ochieng helps his son a Form One student fit in a new pairs of shoes at a shop in Nairobi a head of the expected school opening scheduled for next week on January 3, 2023
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Joseph Ndungu helps his son a junior secondary school pupil fit in a new shoe as Shoe shop in Nairobi a head of the expected school opening scheduled for next week. Bookstores and Uniform centers are expecting business to boom despite parents decrying high cost of living on January 3, 2023
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Parents at a Savannah Bookstore Nairobi a head of the expected school opening scheduled for next week on January 3, 2023
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Some raised concerns of increased prices of commodities, with little to no discounts.

"We are appealing to the government to extend our grievances to school administrations to be lenient with the parents as they juggle through and have more time to pay for school fees," Joseph Karanja said.

Bookstores and uniform centres are expecting a business boom despite parents decrying high cost of living.

Parents at a Uniform store in Nairobi a head of the expected school opening scheduled for next week on January 3, 2023
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Parents at a Savannah Bookstore Nairobi a head of the expected school opening scheduled for next week as bookstores and Uniform centers are expecting business to boom despite parents decrying high cost of living on January 3, 2024
Image: ENOS TECHE