Cook for your children, state tells parents

Orphan children of Tabarak Children's Home share a meal donated by Members of the Dawoodi Bohra Community at Kisauni in Mombasa County. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

The government has appealed to parents to cook for their children to avert malnutrition.

Through the Ministry of Health, the government said lack of nutritional knowledge, lack of food and time to cook are among major contributors to malnutrition across the country.