Kenya, 6 January 2026 – As public schools reopened for the first term of 2026, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja chose an unusual way to signal readiness: joining cooks in the early hours of the morning at a central kitchen serving the city\u2019s flagship school feeding programme, Dishi na County.<\/p>\n
Dressed in an apron at Muthangari Primary School, Sakaja worked alongside kitchen staff as meals were prepared overnight, a symbolic but deliberate move aimed at underscoring the county\u2019s confidence in a programme that has become central to Nairobi\u2019s education and social welfare agenda.<\/p>\n
The governor said the visit was intended to verify that operations were running smoothly as learners returned to school, stressing that no disruptions were expected despite the scale of the initiative.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs schools reopen today, I am happy that it is all systems go for this programme. Children are opening school to a hot, nutritious meal in all our public schools,\u201d Sakaja said.<\/p>\n
Dishi na County feeds more than 316,000 learners in over 230 public primary schools across Nairobi\u2019s 17 sub-counties, making it one of the largest urban school feeding programmes in the region.<\/p>\n
Its logistics are demanding: meal preparation begins as early as 9pm and runs through to 4am, followed by distribution across the city ahead of lunchtime at 12:30pm.<\/p>\n
Sakaja highlighted the human infrastructure behind the programme, noting that more than 5,000 workers are involved in cooking, packaging and delivery each school day.<\/p>\n
According to the governor, the programme\u2019s success is not only measured in meals served but in its broader educational impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen a child is assured of a hot, nutritious meal every school day, attendance improves, concentration rises and learning truly begins and that is the promise of Dishi na County,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kenya, 6 January 2026 – As public schools reopened for the first term of 2026, Nairobi Governor Johnson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[63,1100,1104,854,1102,1107,1109,1106,1098,1096,1101,1103,1108,1105,1094,302,83,1099,1028,1095,321,262,1097,80,96,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-8444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-african-business","10":"tag-african-culture","11":"tag-african-development","12":"tag-african-economy","13":"tag-african-education","14":"tag-african-entertainment","15":"tag-african-healthcare","16":"tag-african-media","17":"tag-african-news","18":"tag-african-politics","19":"tag-african-society","20":"tag-african-sports","21":"tag-african-technology","22":"tag-analysis","23":"tag-breaking-news","24":"tag-business","25":"tag-continental-news","26":"tag-current-affairs","27":"tag-dawan-africa","28":"tag-east-africa","29":"tag-economy","30":"tag-horn-of-africa","31":"tag-kenya","32":"tag-news","33":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}