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Kenya needs expanded social protection to cushion the poor

Kibera informal settlement, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Kenya has been a pioneer across Africa in establishing evidence-based social protection schemes that protect and support poorest households.

This includes the Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) programme, which reached 280,000 households by 2022, having started as a pilot in 2004 with just 500 households.

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