Our school meals must deliver more than full stomachs

Moi High School pupils queuing for lunch time meals at the school dining hall. [File, Standard]

Kenya is feeding more school children than ever before. But a full plate is not the same thing as a nutritious meal. Government-led school-meal programmes grew from 66 million in 2022 to 87 million in 2024.

According to the World Food Programme, Kenya's national school feeding programme expanded from 1.8 million learners in 2023 to 2.6 million in 2024, with an ambitious target of reaching 10 million children by 2030.