Abstract:"The Kenyan Ministry of Labour, Social Security & Services (MLSSS) implements three main cash transfer programmes that were scaled up in 2013 and will be further scaled up and integrated under the Inua Jamii programme: . the Cash Transfer to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC), started in 2004 and which covered 259,000 beneficiary households in 2014; . the Older Persons Cash Transfer Programme (OPCT), targeted at those aged 65+ and which started in 2006 (164,000 beneficiary households); and . the Cash Transfer to Persons with Severe Disabilities (PWSDCT), started in 2010 (27,200 beneficiary households)."(...)

Keywords:Scaling up, Cash Transfer Programmes, Kenya

Publication Date:10 April 2015

Type/Issue:One Pager/286

ISSN:2318-9118