200,000 families affected by drought to benefit from cash transfer

CS for Devolution Eugene Wamalwa (C) and senior governmentofficers hands over a Sh597.6m cheque to the management of Equity Bank towards supportingvulnerable families Hunger Safety Net Programme. The programme is targeting hundreds of families that havebeen affected by the ongoing drought in ten counties. [Antony Gitonga, Standard] 

Only 200,000 of the 2.3 million Kenyans affected by drought will benefit from the State cash transfer programme.

Each family will get Sh5,500 from the Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP), which received Sh1 billion to mitigate the effects of drought between July and August this year.