Govt Disburses August 2024 Funds For The Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Programme
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection on Thursday, 5th September 2024 released Kshs. Three Billion, Four Hundred and Nineteen Million, Six Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand and Five Hundred Shillings Only (3,419,699,500) for August 2024 payment to beneficiaries enrolled in the Inua Jamii programme.
The August 2024 payroll consist of 1,215,343 beneficiaries in the Older Persons Cash Transfer Programme (OPCT), 428,421 beneficiaries in the Cash Transfer Programme to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CTOVC) and 59,637 in the Persons with Severe Disabilities Cash Transfer Programme (PWSD-CT) totaling to 1,703,401 beneficiaries up from 1,681,623 in July 2024.
This follows His Excellency President Dr. William Ruto’s directive last year to upscale the programme to 2.5M beneficiaries which will be done in phases.
Payment will commence on Friday, 6th September 2024.
Inua Jamii programme is a Government cash transfer initiative that supports the most vulnerable members of the community by providing them with a stipend to cushion them from poverty, hunger and improve their lives.
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