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| Mombasa County Children Director Phillip Nzenge photo by Peter Kombe |
Inua jamii cash
transfer stakeholders in Mombasa County are calling on all beneficiaries to
open accounts in order to receive their six months arrears.
Speaking to Pwani
Media Network in Mombasa County director of Children Phillip Nzenge said the money
will be wired directly into the accounts of the beneficiaries.
He says the total amount
which has accumulated to over 166 million for the past six months targets 13,840
beneficiaries in Mombasa County.
“The amount
accumulates to 166 million in Mombasa County. I want to assure everyone that no
one will be left out in this process” Nzenge noted
Nzenge says that the program
has a total of 846 people living with disabilities 6,046 orphans and the
vulnerable and 6,948 elderly adding that every beneficiary will receive ksh 12,000.
“We have a total of
13640 beneficiaries in Mombasa County” he noted
The director says the
accounts will reduce congestion in bank collection centers and combating by
some of the beneficiaries of the program.
He said assured Kenyans
that no beneficiary will be left out in the entire process.
“He says the process
has already begun in all the areas of Mombasa County.
We have already begun
this process. We started this week” he explained
The government has
signed a deal with four banks that have a network all over the country to
facilitate the cash transfer without transaction fee that include: Cooperative bank
Equity Bank KCB and Post Bank.
Cash transfer program
is part of the big four agenda which is anchored on the pillars of
manufacturing universal health care affordable housing and food security.
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