Schools to embrace clean cooking as state streamlines feeding plan

Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang and stakeholders during the launch of the global school meals coalition at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Nairobi, on October 8, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito Standard]

Primary schools across the country are set to undergo a major transformation in their cooking practices that will see the use of firewood and charcoal replaced with cleaner options.

At the same time, it will be a windfall for small scale farmers as government now moves to make them the primary suppliers of food stuff to schools, under the revamped school feeding programe.