French gov't pledges Ksh.156M to support Nairobi County's school feeding program
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and French Minister Chrysoula Zacharopoulou. PHOTO| COURTESY
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The pledge was made on Monday by the French Minister of State for Development, Dr. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, when she joined Nairobi City Governor Johnson Sakaja to feed children in Olympic Primary School in Kibra Constituency.
The money will go towards ensuring all children in Public Primary Schools and ECDs get a nutritious hot meal through the programme partner Food for Education.
Governor Sakaja unveiled the feeding programme dubbed 'Dishi na County' in June this year with a view to feeding about 250, 000 children in public primary schools and Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) centres.
So far, the construction of kitchens has kicked off in Roysambu, Starehe, Makadara, Kasarani, Embakasi South, Dagoretti North, Kibra and Westlands constituencies.
Last month, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja and Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu signed a Ksh.1.7 billion deal towards the rollout of the feeding program for all public primary schools in Kenya's capital.
The Intergovernmental Partnership Agreement (IPA) between the county government and the national government was signed Monday and will see funds for the program drawn from both the Consolidated Fund and the County Revenue Fund on a 50-50 basis.
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