Free Cherangany milk project keeps young pupils in school, boosts learning

Grade 1 pupils of Kapkongor primary display packaged milk supplied to the school by the Dairy Farmers of Trans Nzoia ltd which supports feeding programmes in selected schools in Cherang’any constituency. [Martin Ndiema, Standard]

As the clock ticks towards 6.30am, Jaydeen Chemtai braves the morning chill as she heads to Biririet Primary School, some three kilometres from her home in Mwaita, Cherangany Constituency.

Barefoot and in a faded green blouse, black dress and a patched maroon sweater, the five-year-old Pre-Primary 2 pupil walks for about a kilometre to the main road, where she often meets her colleagues.