{"id":1158,"date":"2026-11-07T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2026-11-07T12:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:27:01","slug":"government-explores-new-approach-to-modernise-school-feeding-programmes-in-embu-by-cyrus-munyao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1158","title":{"rendered":"Government explores new  approach to modernise school feeding programmes in Embu by Cyrus Munyao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo: Courtesy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-9.png 1024w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-9-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-9-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Embu County is exploring the use of tap-to-eat technology as part of efforts to modernise school feeding programmes and improve food service delivery in learning institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development was highlighted in a report by the Kenya News Agency on November 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">School feeding programmes play an important role in supporting learners&#8217; nutrition, school attendance and concentration, particularly among children from vulnerable households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed technological approach points towards efforts to improve the management and delivery of meals within school environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adopting digital solutions in school feeding programmes could also create opportunities for better monitoring of meal distribution and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the effectiveness of the proposed approach will depend on implementation costs, accessibility and the ability of schools to adopt the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Courtesy Embu County is exploring the use of tap-to-eat technology as part of efforts to modernise school feeding programmes and improve food service delivery in learning institutions. The development was highlighted in a report by the Kenya News Agency on November 5. School feeding programmes play an important role in supporting learners&#8217; nutrition, school [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1160,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}