A High Court sitting in Nairobi has declined to stop Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja’s school feeding program.
Justice Mugure Thande stated that suspending the feeding program would not be in the best interests of the children.
“I decline to grant any conservatory orders at this stage. To suspend the programme at this stage will be against the best interest of the children who are targeted to benefit from this program,” she said.
A lobby had gone to court earlier this month, seeking to halt Nairobi County’s Sh1.2 billion primary school feeding program.
Tunza Mtoto Coalition executive director Janet Muthoni Ouko, whose lobby represents privately owned informal schools, had petitioned the Constitutional and Human Rights Court to halt the program until her case was heard and resolved.
Ms. Janet said the move would have denied over 250,000 students and pupils the opportunity to eat a meal in schools at the expense of the County Government.
She requested that the court issue conservatory orders blocking and/or postponing the release and spending of funds allocated to the “Dishi na County” school-feeding program, which is intended to help public schools.
