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In Nairobi, most primary and secondary schools re-opened as directed by the ministry of education.The city's customary traffic jams have resumed as business returned to normal. Parents in most parts of the country rushed to shops over the weekend to buy uniforms and other school materials for students.But Evelyn Imbwana, a mother of three who has been displaced by the violence, said her children's' school was still closed because it was attacked and looted last week."I'm worried that now they'll fail their exams and need to repeat the year. That means more money for fees that I don't have," she told the AP news agency."It's unfair that we suffer while politicians fight."Some universities and government-run colleges, which were also scheduled to begin academic programmes, have remained closed and have advised students to remain at home until further notice.In Rift Valley, the Kenya National Union of Teachers estimates that some 400 teachers were displaced during the post-election violence.The most affected areas are Kuresoi, Njoro, Uasin, Gishu and Molo, where the union says at least 30 schools may not re-open."Security in these areas is still unstable and we have asked our members not to risk it," said KNUT secretary Njau Kuria."Some schools are also hosting displaced people and therefore cannot operate," he said.In Kisumu, another area hit by violence, the BBC's Muliro Telewa says many schools have re-opened but not many students or teachers have turned up, due to lack of transport and security fears.
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