Are Joho's actions beneficial??? Let us see...

Mombasa county has 140 public primary schools with a total pupil enrollment of about 81,000 constituted as follows:

1. Mombasa Island division, 47 schools and 30,000 pupils.

2. Kisauni division, 45 schools and 20,000 pupils.

3. Chngamwe division, 28 schools and 19,000 pupils.

4. Likoni division, 20 schools and 12,000 pupils.

Assuming that half of the total number of pupils enrolled are in the lower classes, then we are talking of about 40,000 pupils. Add about 3,000 in nursery schools brings the number to 43,000.

I believe each of these pupils will receive 20 dl (200ml) packet of UHT milk daily.

The 200ml packet of milk costs about kshs 45.00.

Total cost of milk in one day is 43,000 x kshs 45 = kshs 1,935,000.00.

In one month the total cost is kshs 1.935m x 23 days = kshs 45m

In one term the total cost is kshs 45m x 3 = kshs 135m.

In one year the total cost is kshs 135m x 3 = kshs 405m!!! If we factor in the transportation costs the total annual cost may well be over kshs 500m!!

Going by this years financial budget allocation to Mombasa county which stands at kshs 9.6 billion then the total cost of milk supplies to school will be actually 5% of the total annual county budget.

This amount will always go up during the dry months or during a drought...

This is a very bad idea!!!

Anything for free will fail.... it is not sustainable. If you empower the county residents, they wont need free stuff... they will afford to buy. For example, do the best to ensure tourism (which is a gold mine) is at its pick... security, cleanliness (from the city to the beaches), encourage investors who will open up different areas - more malls and more holiday games/activities etc.

What would i want to see if i went to coast - the pwani culture.... stop filling the city with fish and chips for goodness sake! if i want to eat junk, i will eat it in Nairobi.... in Mombasa, I'd appreciate samaki wa kupaka, some biryani, some wali wa nazi.... i only hear of them, but where to get the same in decent places, i don't know... and the thought of going to a dingy joint down town for the same is not very encouraging to the mind. Apart from the food, encourage sale of ingredients too in decent specialized shops.

Anything for free will fail.... it is not sustainable. If you empower the county residents, they wont need free stuff... they will afford to buy. For example, do the best to ensure tourism (which is a gold mine) is at its pick... security, cleanliness (from the city to the beaches), encourage investors who will open up different areas - more malls and more holiday games/activities etc.

What would i want to see if i went to coast - the pwani culture.... stop filling the city with fish and chips for goodness sake! if i want to eat junk, i will eat it in Nairobi.... in Mombasa, I'd appreciate samaki wa kupaka, some biryani, some wali wa nazi.... i only hear of them, but where to get the same in decent places, i don't know... and the thought of going to a dingy joint down town for the same is not very encouraging to the mind. Apart from the food, encourage sale of ingredients too in decent specialized shops.