As a bitter power struggle rumbles on among Kenya's elite after the suspension of two ministers amid corruption scandals, the BBC's Will Ross in Nairobi assesses the impact of the graft on the country's young.
Donors are worried funds are being looted from Kenyan schools
In a primary school in a Nairobi slum more than 80 students are squeezed into one classroom.
As the teacher tests their science knowledge, the wide-eyed children raise their hands in unison. There is a real hunger to learn here.
But these students and others across the country are the victims of just one of the high-level corruption scams eating away at the public coffers.
"In Kenya of course corruption is pervasive and has been for a long, long time ever since independence but it doesn't get much worse than taking money from a child I think," US ambassador Michael Ranneberger told the BBC.
In solidarity with other donors the US withheld $7 million intended for a programme in the Ministry of Education.
Britain held back £10 million ($15 million).
This action was taken after an audit showed that roughly $1m had disappeared from the Education Ministry in just one month.
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