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Acting Representative, United Nations Children's Fund Kenya Country Office Dr Pirkko Heinonen (left) flanked by Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) CEO Dr John Munyu (centre) and Japan Embassy to Kenya 1st Secretary Yo Ito shortly after the flagging off of Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTE) to be supplied to malnourished children in the country. The Ministry of health will collaborate to execute a pilot project in Turkana and Laikipia Counties. DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD
NAIROBI: Christmas will come early for children from poor backgrounds in Turkana and Laikipia Counties following the launch of a Sh500 million nutrition food supplement programme jointly funded by United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and Japan.
The distribution of the supplements to the two counties was officially flagged off Thursday, at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) headquarters in Embakasi Nairobi.
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