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Homegrown school feeding program launched to support education, boost local farming

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National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya (NACONEK) Chief Executive Officer Harun Yussuf serves learners at Nkarini Comprehensive School in Tharaka Nithi County. [Jacinta Mutura, Standard]

The government has embarked on a strategic shift in its school feeding program by piloting a new homegrown model in Embu and Tharaka Nithi counties.

Under this initiative, the government, through the National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya (NACONEK), is contracting local farmers' cooperatives to supply food directly to schools.

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