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Babu said that if elected governor, more students will be enrolled on his school feeding programme and parents will pay nothing.

Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino declared that he plans to extend Governor Johnson Sakaja’s school feeding programme to cover high schools.

Speaking during an engagement with the Luhya community in Nairobi on Friday, November 13, Babu said he will do away with the Ksh5 contribution that parents have to pay for their children to benefit from the school feeding programme.

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He maintained that under his leadership, all school-going children will have access to nutritious, quality meals to support their education and well-being.

“We will extend the school feeding programme to cover high schools across Nairobi. Under this programme, no parent will be required to pay even a single shilling,” Babu said.

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A file photo of Embakasi East MP Babu Owino

The MP further promised to decentralise the programme from one supplier, so that more Nairobi residents can benefit from it by coming in as suppliers.

“We will also empower local communities by prioritising residents and businesses around schools in the awarding of food supply tenders, subject to strict health and quality standards,” he reiterated.

Babu urged the Luhya Community to support his gubernatorial bid as he would deliver the reset that Nairobi County needs.

He said that having been voted among the best-performing MPs three times in a row, he will deliver better than Sakaja, who has been ranked among the poor-performing governors.

Earlier, Babu moved to dispel claims that he intends to scrap the Dishi na County school feeding programme should he be elected Nairobi governor.

He insisted that the initiative will remain in place under his leadership and will be  a function of the county government.

Dishi na County is a school feeding initiative by the Nairobi City County government that provides affordable, nutritious meals to public primary school and ECDE (Early Childhood Development) children.

According to City Hall, the programme would increase enrollment to schools, attendance, performance and transition to the next level, besides being of good nutritional status.