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MPs reject Sh1bn-a-week schools milk plan

Mariakani Pre-school pupils taking milk after receiving it from Nairobi County Executive in charge of Education, Youth and Gender Janet Muthoni Ouko on September 27, 2018. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG

By  Edwin Mutai

Nation Media Group

Political Reporter

MPs have rejected a Bill that seeks to reintroduce the provision of free milk to school children under a multi-billion shilling State-funded scheme.

The programme would have distributed free milk in public primary and pre-primary schools in a bid to encourage pupils to stay in school.

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