Government vs Publishers: All about the money

Before the ink dried on my last post, Kenyan publishers were already up in arms over the government's plans to stop buying textbooks for public schools starting next year.
The government insists the books purchased so far are enough while the publishers say more books are needed to meet an acceptable pupil-student ratio.
In a sentence: The government doesn't want to spend a shilling more on the book-purchase deal while the publishers want the government to buy even more books.
Poor publishers, what to do!

Cast:
Sam Ongeri, Education Minister: Schools are already saturated with books and buying more would not make any sense
Calistus Mwatela, Education Assistant Minister: The books the government bought for schools since the launch of the Free Primary Education in 2003, were enough to sustain Education - books last (sic) more than any other educational materials.
Nancy Karimi, Kenya Publishers Association boss: The books available per pupil in the country's public schools do not even meet the required standards. The ratio of books-to-pupils in lower primary should not be higher than 3:1 while that of upper primary learners should not exceed 2:1. The government should rethink its decision or lese publishers maybe forced out of business come next year.
John Mwazemba, Macmillan Kenya Publishers Ltd: All one needs to do to prove Prof Ongeri wrong is to visit any public school in the country.
Kakai Karani, Longman Publishers: KPA has made attempts to engage the government in dialogue over the issue but no progress has been made yet.

Additional information:
No. of pupils: Over 8million
Amount of grant:Ksh6 billion
Allocation per child: Ksh650 for learning materials; Ksh 350 for water, electricity and security