This archive report was first published on 29 July 2019.
Published on July 29, 2019, the Inua Jamii welfare kitty, targeting one million Kenyans, is set to undergo an audit review to weed out dead and unscrupulous beneficiaries.
According to Social Services PS Nelson Marwa, the August 4-17 audit will address the puzzle of 10,917 registered beneficiaries who were paid Sh113 million in stipends last March but failed to show up to collect Sh87.3 million for the March-April and May-June cycles.
The Inua Jamii programme, which has disbursed Sh125.7 billion since inception, targets 1,233,129 people, including orphans, vulnerable children, senior citizens, and persons living with severe disabilities.
Beneficiaries now receive stipends via banks, where they appear in person, as opposed to the initial card-based system.
Mr Marwa stated that the validation exercise would scrutinise beneficiaries afresh, bringing those enrolled on the platform onto the accounts-based platform currently run by Co-op Bank, Equity Bank, KCB, and Postbank.
