A Jubilee candidate in Kitui has donated food public schools open after they ran out of supplies.

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Moses Banda who is running for Kitui Central MP donated four bags of maize and two of beans to each school.

He delivered the food to Kitimui Primary School, on Friday.

Kavisi Primary School in the outskirts of Kitui town received its donation on Saturday.

Banda blamed dismal performance by pupils in most Kitui schools on food insecurity. He said hunger causes high dropout rates.