School Food Procurement to Be Coordinated At District Level NewTimesRwanda: Rwanda children food FeedingScheme districts
school feeding for all studentsUwamariya made the disclosure on March 28, during a session with the House's Standing Committee on Education, Technology, Culture, and Youth.said that the proposed food procurement arrangement should be carefully considered to ensure that its implementation is effective and benefits schools and students' nutrition.
The Minister said it was discovered that there were cases where schools were procuring the same foods at extremely different prices, which involved malpractices and undue benefits for the responsible entities. "There were cases we analysed and realised that the [food supply] tender was awarded to the school leader, indirectly," she said, pointing out that it was observed that there were people who were taking advantage of the procurement of food for schools.
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