{"id":460,"date":"2026-10-10T15:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=460"},"modified":"2026-10-10T16:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T16:29:39","slug":"education-ministry-bans-politicians-from-donating-bread-and-soda-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=460","title":{"rendered":"Education Ministry Bans Politicians from Donating Bread and Soda in Schools."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"950\" data-id=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261010_182647-1-1024x950.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261010_182647-1-1024x950-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261010_182647-1-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261010_182647-1-767x712.jpg 767w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261010_182647-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Owen Chege<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Education has banned politicians from visiting schools to give donations, including bread and soda, in a move aimed at controlling how support reaches learning institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the directive, all donations to schools must now go through the Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move seeks to ensure that donations are properly managed and delivered to schools through the approved channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Politicians will no longer be allowed to make direct donations to schools under the new directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ban covers food items and other forms of support given to learners during school visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry&#8217;s move is expected to change how politicians and other well-wishers support schools across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schools will be required to follow the approved procedures when receiving donations to ensure accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The directive places the Ministry at the centre of school donations nations, with further details on its implementation expected to guide schools and donors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Chege The Ministry of Education has banned politicians from visiting schools to give&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}