Bomet County has resumed the milk feeding programme for pre-school pupils after a one-week delay caused by the late disbursement of funds from the National Treasury.
In the initiative which is aimed at combating malnutrition and boosting school enrolment and attendance, the county government provides each nursery school pupil with two free packets of milk per week.
Speaking about the delay, the County Executive Committee (CEC) Member for Education, Youth, Sports, and Vocational Training, Alice Ngeno, assured the public that the programme was back on track and urged parents to ensure that all the children of the right age were enrolled in respective ECDE centres so as to enable the county government to properly plan for the expected rising number of learners in subsequent school terms. "We experienced a slight delay in the milk programme due to the late disbursement of funds to counties by the National Treasury.
However, we are now back on track and committed to ensuring that the children receive their milk rations without further interruptions," Ngeno stated.
