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State disburses Sh2. 1 billion for Inua Jamii beneficiaries

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Principal Secretary State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs Joseph Motari addresses the press in Nairobi on 7th February 2024. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

More than 200,000 beneficiaries of the Inua Jamii programme will start receiving their monthly stipend after the government released Sh2.1 billion for January disbursements.

Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs Principal Secretary Joseph Motari said the 207,000 Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Persons with Severe Disabilities (PWSD) will receive the money through mobile transfer after the transition from bank transfers to mobile money.

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