‘Welfare state’ money not solution in poverty alleviation, Kenya government told

NAIROBI, KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta is pushing forward a “welfare state” experiment started by retired President Mwai Kibaki, with an allocation of more than Sh40 billion free goodies for social welfare.

Allocations for orphans, the elderly, children in public primary schools and day secondary schools as well as others are seen as government’s measure to uplift the lives of Kenya’s poorest people.