School feeding programme needs flawless transition

Not too long ago, the ministries of Education, Agriculture and Health launched the National School Meal and Nutrition Strategy, a blue print that stipulates the government’s resolve, intent and ambition to fully take over the school feeding programme.

Since 1980 when it was first set into motion by the government in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), the programme has seen immense growth with the latter supporting slightly over 500,000 primary school going children in 3,850 schools and the former benefiting more than one million students in arid and semi-arid counties as well as in the slums of Nairobi.