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Kenya’s new urban school meal plan is ambitious – it could offer lessons for scaling up

September 22, 2023
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By Elisheba Kiru and Aulo Gelli More than 250,000 children in public primary schools in Nairobi will receive regular subsidized school meals provided by the county government. The Dishi Na County program is Kenya’s first in an urban setting. The national school meal program set up in 2009 serves more than 1.5 million children in

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