Printing firms have declined to produce Grade 10 textbooks over an unpaid debt of Sh11 billion for Grade 8 and 9 books supplied to the government since 2022, a standoff that now threatens to derail the rollout of the competency-based curriculum (CBC) as it transitions to Grade 10 next year.
According to a spokesperson for the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), operations within its printing sub-sector have been severely constrained by the government’s failure to settle the massive debt, leaving printers unable to sustain production.
