The government through the Ministry of Education has announced Immediate closure of schools today as Gen Z mounts pressure on the government through protests.
The Ministry ordered the closure of all schools today, contrary to earlier school calendar that scheduled schools to be closed for the second term half term break on Wednesday, June 26.
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According to a Memo addressed to All school principals, the early departure is designed to give students and parents ample time to make travel plans ahead of the planned Finance Bill protests planned for Tuesday.
Following the memo, Some of the school principals sent messages to parents notifying them to pick the students beginning immediately today failure to which, they will only be able to pick students on Wednesday.
This comes as the Gen Z continues to mount pressure on the government to reject the Finance Bill 2024 that they claim has impunitive taxes attached to different commodities, hence announcing protests across the country.
However, parents will only be required to pick their students today because of the uncertainty. This is because the Gen Z mobilizers announced the “seven days of rage” that will continue till Friday this week.
This means that not only schools in Nairobi will be affected, but also schools across the country as protests have been happening across all towns in the country making safety of students at stake.
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This comes amid intense protests planned for tomorrow, Tuesday that have been dubbed Total Shutdown that have triggered top security personnel plan a meeting on how to handle protesters that have now attracted even the international communities.