{
  "id": 2093578,
  "title": "How Kenya’s school feeding bill could create a Ksh billion market for farmers and youth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/how-kenyas-school-feeding-bill-could-create-a-ksh-billion-market-for",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-20T07:22:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/how-kenyas-school-feeding-bill-could-create-a-ksh-billion-market-for-farmers-and-youth"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kenya's proposed School Feeding Bill could present a significant economic opportunity for farmers, young people, and local businesses as the government aims to expand the programme to reach 10 million children by 2030. By sourcing food from local farmers, the government could create a Ksh billion market for food such as maize, beans, and vegetables, while generating demand for workers involved in various aspects of school meal provision. This shift in the way school meals are procured could turn them from a form of charity into an economic investment, providing stable demand for smallholder farmers and creating employment opportunities in areas such as procurement, transportation, storage, catering, technology, and distribution.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Daily Africa",
        "title": "Kenya seeks to unlock Sh151.2 billion World Bank funds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/kenya-seeks-to-unlock-sh151-2-billion-world-bank-funds",
        "published": "2026-08-20T10:15:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}