The Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja through Advocate Duncan Okatch, has won the High Court Petition challenging the Dishi Na County school feeding programme following today’s Court ruling that declined the petition.
In a ruling delivered Today, High Court Judge Chacha Mwita dismissed the Petition saying the best interest of the child must be protected by the Court.
Justice Chacha Mwita said that halting the programme will not be in the interest of the children.
The judge further said that stopping the programme would affect so many children who are already benefitting from the initiative.
“It was for the welfare of the children that the programme was initiated, we can’t halt it we will be running away from the issues affecting the children,” Mwita said.
In the case, a lobby dubbed ‘Tunza Mtoto Coalition Kenya’ moved to court and challenged the programme for students enrolled in public primary schools in the county.
In the suit, Tunza Mtoto Coalition Executive Director Ouko argued that the programme dubbed ‘Dishi na County’ is illegal as education is a National Government function.
However, the county through lawyer Duncan Okatch dismissed the allegations saying that stating that all legal procedures were followed before the project’s official launch.
