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What it will take to execute Raila’s social protection policy

The proposal by ODM leader Raila Odinga to provide Sh6,000 for each poor family per month so that nobody sleeps hungry has sparked a debate on how it can be implemented if he were to be elected president next year. What would need to be done for such a bold proposal to be delivered cost-effectively for the benefit of Kenyans? I will address the “how” of social protection in this discourse.

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