Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi holds ECD pupil at Kibaoni Primary School Scarlett Kabibi as she enjoys free milk during the launch of free milk to all the ECD pupils in the entire Kilifi County, May 11, 2017. The Sh50 Million project funded by the county will be distributed to the pupils twice a week in the pilot project in partnership with the New KCC. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

The county government has introduced free milk to all Early Childhood Development pupils in public schools.

 In a Sh50 million budget, the more than 124,000 pupils will now benefit from the milk added into the school feeding programme.

 While launching the programme at the County headquarters Governor Amason Kingi said the system will increase the number of enrollment in the centres.

“We have constructed more than 805 ECD centres and with the introduction of this milk we expect the numbers to go up,” he said.

Such projects have been lauded because they help to retain children in schools.