The county government of Nairobi on Monday signed a 1.7 Billion shillings Inter-governmental Partnership Agreement on Implementation of school meals program with the Ministry of Education.
This IPA is a collaboration between the two levels of governments National and does not translate to transfer of any functions and/or power of the National Government to the Nairobi City County Government.
“The parties have agreed to collaborate in the development of conducive teaching and learning experience in public primary schools in the Nairobi City County, beginning with a programme for the provision of school meals within the said County, to improve the health and nutrition status of the learners,” the agreement stated.
Education CS Ezekiel Machogu said that the programme will be undertaken on A 50:50 Ratio by the Nairobi county and the national government.
Machogu said that the government has also allocated 5 billion shillings for the school feeding programme that will be expanded to other counties from the current 26.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u said the feeding program will have a ripple effect on the economy, increase education attainment for improved human capital and improve smart agriculture in the supply chain.
Governor Sakaja unveiled the feeding programme dubbed ‘Dishi na County’ last month with a view to feeding about 250,000 children in public primary schools and Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) centers.
So far, the construction of kitchens has kicked off in Roysambu, Starehe, Makadara, Kasarani, Embakasi South, Dagoretti North, Kibra and Westlands constituencies.