Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has restated his commitment to a county-wide school feeding programme in keeping with his promise during the campaign.
This he reiterated while hosting Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan who made a courtesy call visit to the governor’s City Hall office.
According to the governor, the programme will target public schools who are heavily impacted by urban poverty which causes a major disruption in school attendance.
This comes in the backdrop of welcoming a partnership with World Food Programme (WFP) under Princess Sarah in supporting the feeding programme and increased nutrition in the country.
Together, they welcomed like minded individuals to partner with them.
“We have been piloting the project in a few schools in Nairobi and have seen attendance in school has gone up by 100 per cent while performance has also improved by over 60% in the schools we have partnered with,” the Governor said.
Princess Sarah said she is focused on increasing nutrition for urban residence which in effect also increases output and plays a major role in wealth creation.
“Such kind of initiatives are an important safety net that help in fighting hunger and increase nutrition amongst our population,” Princess Sara added.
Additionally, the governor attested meeting with President-elect William Ruto and concluding that the National Government will roll out a national school feeding programme, upon swearing in of the new administration.
“The national government under Kenya Kwanza will undertake to finance and roll out the feeding programme countrywide and will depend on Nairobi County for learning lessons,” Sakaja added.