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State feeding millions of learners in arid areas, says Education minister

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Government is feeding more than 2.5 million learners in Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) counties as well as informal settlements in urban areas, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has said.

He said the learners are spread in ten arid counties, 16 semi-arid counties and informal urban settlements in 10 counties. The CS made the remarks when the Representative and Country Director of World Food Programme (WFP) Kenya, Ms Lauren Landis paid a courtesy call on him in his office at Jogoo House on Tuesday.

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