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President Uhuru Kenyatta joins students of Ruai Primary School in a jig during the official launch of the Tusome Early Literacy programme at Ruai Primary School, Nairobi County. [PHOTO: GEORGE MWANGANGI/STANDARD]
NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta has launched a Sh5 billion programme to boost reading skills among millions of primary school children in the country.
The Tusome National Reading Programme is expected to benefit at least 5.4 million children in early primary school and will run for the next four years.
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