Ms Janet Ouko of the Tunza Mtoto Coalition, who has been pushing for transparency in the county, argued that school feeding is a project that should be undertaken by the national government.
“The funds should be spent on upgrading the existing early childhood development centres since that is the mandate of the county government. If you go to most of them, they are overcrowded and in a poor state. The problem with leaders is that they want to do what is popular instead of doing the right thing,” Ms Ouko said.
The auditor-general has raised questions surrounding the operation of the school feeding programme in Nairobi City County, dubbed Dishi na County.
In the 2023/2024 report that has been tabled before the County Assembly, Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu said that her office could not trace how the city county spent Sh145,725,000 which was donated by the French Embassy in Kenya to support the programme.
