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More cash for elderly and youth in budget

Senior citizens queue for their monthly stipend at the Matungu-Sub-county headquarters in Kakamega County. Beneficiaries receive on average Sh2,000 monthly. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

People aged 70 and above left out of past government cash disbursement programmes will now be considered in this year’s Sh3 trillion budget.

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