{"id":4223,"date":"2026-08-17T16:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:40:03","slug":"kenya-school-dropout-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya’s Most Vulnerable Kids Are Being Left Behind \u2014 And Directives Won’t Fix It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Schools are about to reopen, and thousands of Kenyan children \u2014 especially those in arid and semi-arid lands \u2014 are not going back. Not because they don’t want to. Because they are hungry, they have no uniforms, no bedding, no money, and no realistic way to get any. In Turkana, local leaders report that only about 20 per cent of school-going children<\/strong> have returned to class, despite national directives ordering learners to resume regardless of fees or uniforms. Directives, as one parent put it bluntly, do not solve poverty.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is not a new crisis. It is a chronic failure dressed up as an emergency every time schools reopen. Education stakeholders \u2014 from civil society to local MPs \u2014 are now raising the alarm ahead of the next term, demanding that government, donors and communities stop treating marginalised learners as an afterthought. Here is what you need to understand about what is actually at stake.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The consequences of inaction are not abstract. Children pushed out of school become child labourers. Girls become child brides. Entire communities get locked into generational poverty. Stakeholders are demanding that the next policy conversation shift from enrolment numbers \u2014 which look good in press releases \u2014 to retention, nutrition, materials and mentorship<\/strong>, the unglamorous work that actually keeps a child in a classroom.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The government can keep issuing directives. Or it can fund the reality. Right now, it is doing neither well enough \u2014 and the children paying the price are the ones who can least afford it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Schools are about to reopen, and thousands of Kenyan children \u2014 especially those in arid and semi-arid lands \u2014 are not going back. Not because they don’t want to. Because they are hungry, they have no uniforms, no bedding, no money, and no realistic way to get any. In Turkana, local leaders report that only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-trending"],"yoast_head":"\nKenya's Hungry Kids Aren't Going Back to School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"20% of Turkana kids missing school. Government directives won't fix poverty. MPs demand real solutions\u2014bursaries, food, bedding\u2014not empty promises.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenya's Hungry Kids Aren't Going Back to School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"20% of Turkana kids missing school. Government directives won't fix poverty. MPs demand real solutions\u2014bursaries, food, bedding\u2014not empty promises.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vibrant Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-17T13:40:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mary Wanjiku\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mary Wanjiku\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"dakika 1\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mary Wanjiku\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/36857b9a609172e0b7bf7b5329170419\"},\"headline\":\"Kenya’s Most Vulnerable Kids Are Being Left Behind \u2014 And Directives Won’t Fix It\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-17T13:40:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":261,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Economy\",\"Trending\"],\"inLanguage\":\"sw\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kenya's Hungry Kids Aren't Going Back to School\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-17T13:40:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"20% of Turkana kids missing school. Government directives won't fix poverty. MPs demand real solutions\u2014bursaries, food, bedding\u2014not empty promises.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"sw\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sw\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Kenya's Most Vulnerable Kids Are Being Left Behind \u2014 And Directives Won't Fix It\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kenya’s Most Vulnerable Kids Are Being Left Behind \u2014 And Directives Won’t Fix It\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vibrant Media\",\"description\":\"Empowering African Narratives\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"sw\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Vibrant Media\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sw\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/upscalemedia-transformed-removebg-preview.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/upscalemedia-transformed-removebg-preview.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Vibrant Media\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/36857b9a609172e0b7bf7b5329170419\",\"name\":\"Mary Wanjiku\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sw\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/15e8c07d3628c454428d21261bf3434116571da9e3fdfebe78b193b5bd4f43d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/15e8c07d3628c454428d21261bf3434116571da9e3fdfebe78b193b5bd4f43d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/15e8c07d3628c454428d21261bf3434116571da9e3fdfebe78b193b5bd4f43d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mary Wanjiku\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vibrantmedianews.com\\\/sw\\\/author\\\/mary-wanjiku\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kenya's Hungry Kids Aren't Going Back to School","description":"20% of Turkana kids missing school. Government directives won't fix poverty. MPs demand real solutions\u2014bursaries, food, bedding\u2014not empty promises.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kenya's Hungry Kids Aren't Going Back to School","og_description":"20% of Turkana kids missing school. Government directives won't fix poverty. MPs demand real solutions\u2014bursaries, food, bedding\u2014not empty promises.","og_url":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/","og_site_name":"Vibrant Media","article_published_time":"2026-08-17T13:40:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mary Wanjiku","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mary Wanjiku","Est. reading time":"dakika 1"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/"},"author":{"name":"Mary Wanjiku","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36857b9a609172e0b7bf7b5329170419"},"headline":"Kenya’s Most Vulnerable Kids Are Being Left Behind \u2014 And Directives Won’t Fix It","datePublished":"2026-08-17T13:40:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/"},"wordCount":261,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg","articleSection":["Economy","Trending"],"inLanguage":"sw","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/","url":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/","name":"Kenya's Hungry Kids Aren't Going Back to School","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-17T13:40:03+00:00","description":"20% of Turkana kids missing school. Government directives won't fix poverty. MPs demand real solutions\u2014bursaries, food, bedding\u2014not empty promises.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"sw","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sw","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg","width":800,"height":500,"caption":"Kenya's Most Vulnerable Kids Are Being Left Behind \u2014 And Directives Won't Fix It"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/kenya-school-dropout-poverty\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kenya’s Most Vulnerable Kids Are Being Left Behind \u2014 And Directives Won’t Fix It"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/","name":"Vibrant Media","description":"Empowering African Narratives","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"sw"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#organization","name":"Vibrant Media","url":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sw","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/upscalemedia-transformed-removebg-preview.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/upscalemedia-transformed-removebg-preview.png","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Vibrant Media"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36857b9a609172e0b7bf7b5329170419","name":"Mary Wanjiku","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sw","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15e8c07d3628c454428d21261bf3434116571da9e3fdfebe78b193b5bd4f43d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15e8c07d3628c454428d21261bf3434116571da9e3fdfebe78b193b5bd4f43d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15e8c07d3628c454428d21261bf3434116571da9e3fdfebe78b193b5bd4f43d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mary Wanjiku"},"url":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/author\/mary-wanjiku\/"}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg",800,500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T-768x480.jpg",768,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg",800,500,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg",800,500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg",800,500,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T-18x12.jpg",18,12,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Mary Wanjiku"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/category\/economy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Economy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/category\/trending\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Trending<\/a>","tag_info":"Trending","comment_count":"0","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg",800,500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T-768x480.jpg",768,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg",800,500,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg",800,500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T.jpg",800,500,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jwRi80oVfaxpEzhtPTXdQLwoM0Gyl5hY6wBBxt0T-18x12.jpg",18,12,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Wanjiku","author_link":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/author\/mary-wanjiku\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Schools are about to reopen, and thousands of Kenyan children \u2014 especially those in arid and semi-arid lands \u2014 are not going back. Not because they don’t want to. Because they are hungry, they have no uniforms, no bedding, no money, and no realistic way to get any. In Turkana, local leaders report that only…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibrantmedianews.com\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}