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    "id": 1280061,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1280061/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": "The State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizens Affairs is responsible for implementing the Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Programme, which targets older persons aged over 70 years, poor households taking care of orphans and vulnerable children, and persons with severe disabilities. Beneficiaries of the Programme receive a monthly stipend of Ksh2,000. The Programme currently has a total number of 1,233,129 beneficiaries. However, due to natural attrition and graduation of beneficiaries from the Programme, the actual number of registered beneficiaries has dropped to 1,042,864 as per the July 2023 payroll. In line with the Government’s commitment to progressively increase the number of beneficiaries under the Programme to 2.5 million in the next three years, on 8th August 2023, the Cabinet approved the first phase of the registration of 500,000 new beneficiaries. Consequently, the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizens Affairs will be rolling out a mass registration exercise from 1st September 2023. The exercise will take place in all constituencies and will target all older persons aged 70 years and above, households with vulnerable children, and people living with disabilities. Further, the registration exercise will target the replacement of 190,265 beneficiaries who have exited the Programme at locations where the exit occurred. In addition to the prescribed eligibility criteria, the distribution of the number of beneficiaries will be guided by data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}