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Banks hold key to end fraud in elders’ cash

Labour and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani. (PHOTO: Standard)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Financial institutions have been urged to assist the government in vetting afresh beneficiaries of Older Persons Cash Transfer (OPCT) programmes.

The Nakuru County Assistant Commissioner (AC), Mary Mwangi observed that a payment plan, dubbed Choice Model that enabled beneficiaries of the programme to receive their stipend through bank accounts and mobile phones was prone to abuse by impostors.

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