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Kazungu Kambi: Cash for the elderly to be secured

Kenya: The Government is considering disbursing stipends to the elderly and persons with severe disabilities through electronic means to arrest rampant abuse of the social welfare programme.

Labour Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi yesterday told a Senate committee that the ministry was keen on sealing loopholes which had been identified under the current manual system, which had led to irregular and delayed payments and corruption.

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