{"id":85527,"date":"2023-03-01T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms"},"modified":"2023-03-01T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:39:00","slug":"mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms","title":{"rendered":"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>A lawmaker now wants the government to standardize uniform costs in primary and secondary schools.<\/p>\n

Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba on Wednesday fronted a motion that sought to make uniforms affordable to all students.<\/p>\n

“This House, therefore, resolves that the Ministry of Education develops a policy on standardization and production of school uniforms in the country,” Wamuchomba said.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker said the uniforms should be accessible to students in both public and private schools.<\/p>\n

She added that the cost of uniforms has continued to escalate becoming expensive to the common mwananchi.<\/p>\n

“Some schools demand that parents pay uniform money to specific school accounts, a move that locks out many children whose parents cannot afford,” she added.<\/p>\n

In January, Education CS Ezekiel Machogu warned school heads who direct parents to specific stores to purchase uniforms that are costly than they should be.<\/p>\n

This was among the government’s plans to make the Grade 7 transition affordable.<\/p>\n

\u201cUniforms shall be the responsibility of parents and no school shall direct parents where to purchase the uniform,\u201d the ministry’s guidelines read.<\/p>\n

Machogu also directed that no student should be locked out of school for not having a uniform.<\/p>\n

The directive did not sit well with some teachers who oppose having many shades of uniform.<\/p>\n

“It’s not a bad idea but how many purple colours do we have? If we say come with a purple shirt then we will see very many colours,” a teacher said.<\/p>\n

The teacher urged the government to regulate prices and not where parents should buy uniforms.<\/p>\n

“What they need to look at is ensuring all shirts are sold at a standard price; if it’s Sh500 then it should be the same everywhere,” she said.<\/p>\n

The government directed schools to pick a suitable uniform design for the learners to differentiate between Grade 7 and primary school learners.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. A lawmaker now wants the government to standardize uniform costs in primary and secondary schools. Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba on Wednesday fronted a motion that sought to make uniforms affordable to all students. “This House, therefore, resolves that the Ministry of Education develops a policy on standardization and production of school uniforms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-85527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\nMP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Kenya. A lawmaker now wants the government to standardize uniform costs in primary and secondary schools. Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba on Wednesday fronted a motion that sought to make uniforms affordable to all students. “This House, therefore, resolves that the Ministry of Education develops a policy on standardization and production of school uniforms […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-01T16:39:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-01T16:39:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/03\/Kakuti1677676169.642516.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms\",\"name\":\"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/03\/Kakuti1677676169.642516.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-01T16:39:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/03\/Kakuti1677676169.642516.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/03\/Kakuti1677676169.642516.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms - kenya","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms","og_description":"Africa-Press – Kenya. A lawmaker now wants the government to standardize uniform costs in primary and secondary schools. Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba on Wednesday fronted a motion that sought to make uniforms affordable to all students. “This House, therefore, resolves that the Ministry of Education develops a policy on standardization and production of school uniforms […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-03-01T16:39:00+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms","datePublished":"2023-03-01T16:39:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms"},"wordCount":327,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/03\/Kakuti1677676169.642516.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","culture and art"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms","name":"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/03\/Kakuti1677676169.642516.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-01T16:39:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/03\/Kakuti1677676169.642516.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2023\/03\/Kakuti1677676169.642516.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/mp-fronts-motion-to-regulate-cost-of-school-uniforms#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MP fronts motion to regulate cost of school uniforms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}