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Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Office of the Ombudsman has exposed cases where relatively well to do families benefit from free meals meant to tackle malnutrition in poor families.<\/p>\n

The revelations are contained in the Ombudsman\u2019s report for the financial year 2020\/2021, which has exposed flaws in the Shisha Kibondo programme\u2014designed to tackle stunting among children aged 6-23 months.<\/p>\n

The programme also caters for pregnant and breastfeeding poor women through access to fortified blended food \u2013 used to make highly nutritious porridge. Ombudsman, Madeleine Nirere, presented the report to both Chambers of Parliament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Nirere said while the targeted beneficiaries are the most vulnerable people in the first Ubudehe category, countrywide, or the second Ubudehe category in 13 districts that have the highest poverty levels \u2014 it\u2019s mismanagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are cases where we realised that Shisha Kibondo is benefiting people who do not deserve it,\u201d she said, citing traders and teachers. MP Veneranda Uwamariya expressed her pity, commending Ombudsman for exposing the mess in the programme.<\/p>\n

Senator Lambert Dushiminana too commended the Ombudsman\u2019s efforts but questioned her recommendation to change the guidelines that govern the programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat should change in those guidelines so that the milk is not provided to public servants?\u201d he asked Nirere said there was a mismatch between some people\u2019s income levels and their category of Ubudehe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are traders, teachers and police officers who are in the category eligible for the support \u2013 first or second category, yet it is intended for the most vulnerable people,\u201d she said. \u201cAdministrative decisions can be taken so that some people get removed from the list of the beneficiaries through correcting their Ubudehe categorisation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, she said that another issue was observed where for families having many children, the milk is shared among them, yet it is intended for consumption by those under two years of age.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis situation necessitates sensitisation to ensure that the families understand the Shisha Kibondo meal is meant to benefit the [nutrition and growth] of toddlers at risk of malnutrition or stunting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The cereal-based nutritious food product, called \u2018Shisha Kibondo,\u2019 has two types; one designed for children \u2013 Shisha Kibondo infant \u2013 and the other for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers \u2013 Shisha Kibondo mother.<\/p>\n

Ubudehe programme is a socio-economic initiative where Rwandans are classified based on their economic status. Government figures suggest that around 100,000 children, pregnant and breastfeeding women receive the Shisha Kibondo support per year.<\/p>\n

According to the 2018 food security and vulnerability analysis, more children from 6 to 23 months from Ubudehe 1 were enrolled on the Shisha Kibondo programme to achieve the minimum acceptable diet than children from the same category who are not enrolled.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the study indicated, it was observed that children 12-23 months consuming fortified foods are significantly less stunted. Particularly, for children aged 18-23 months, the consumption of FBF decreases the prevalence of stunting from 40 per cent to 20 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. The Office of the Ombudsman has exposed cases where relatively well to do families benefit from free meals meant to tackle malnutrition in poor families. The revelations are contained in the Ombudsman\u2019s report for the financial year 2020\/2021, which has exposed flaws in the Shisha Kibondo programme\u2014designed to tackle stunting among children […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30,761,28],"tags":[760,763,1497,1962,1946,758],"class_list":["post-2958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-files","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-ombudsman","tag-pro-poor-nutrition-programme","tag-programme","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nOmbudsman exposes malpractices in pro-poor nutrition programme - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Office of the Ombudsman has exposed cases where relatively well to do families benefit from free meals meant to tack ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ombudsman exposes malpractices in pro-poor nutrition programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Office of the Ombudsman has exposed cases where relatively well to do families benefit from free meals meant to tack ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-21T15:39:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-21T15:47:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2021\/10\/img-61718b7be7217.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"873\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"491\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ombudsman exposes malpractices in pro-poor nutrition programme\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-21T15:39:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-21T15:47:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme\"},\"wordCount\":484,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2021\/10\/img-61718b7be7217.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Ombudsman\",\"pro-poor nutrition programme\",\"programme\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\",\"files\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ombudsman-exposes-malpractices-in-pro-poor-nutrition-programme\",\"name\":\"Ombudsman exposes malpractices in pro-poor nutrition programme - 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