The government has been put under pressure to continue with the registration of elderly persons under the Older Persons Cash Transfer Programme despite the government having raised earlier concerns about the availability of funds to support the Inua Jamii programme. The National Assembly Committee on Implementation on Tuesday directed the State Department of Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs to embark on the exercise following complaints raised in Parliament over the welfare of thousands of Kenyan aged citizens.
While issuing the directive, the chairperson of the committee, Raphael Wanjala, told Social Protection Principal Secretary Joseph Motari that though the department's kitty had not been enhanced, there was no excuse as to why registration should not continue. "PS, this is the Committee on Implementation.
Our scope revolves around ensuring House Resolutions are implemented.
I want to direct that you embark on registration; then we shall invite you, together with the National Treasury, in four weeks time to review the matter," Wanjala directed.
