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    "content": "registration exercise of all deserving vulnerable senior citizens aged 70 years and above in preparation for enrolment in the programme. (2)The criteria used to identify the registered beneficiaries of the programme. To target and enroll beneficiaries into the cash transfer programmes, procedures as defined in the operations manual are used to sensitise communities on the programme’s eligibility criteria. Thereafter, there is targeting of the specific vulnerable persons who meet the criteria undertaken. The eligibility criteria for The Older Persons Cash Transfer (OPCT) is: An extremely poor household with an older person of 65 years and above, household not enrolled in any other cash transfer programme, household with no member receiving pension, household that has resided in a particular location for more than a year and potential beneficiary must be a Kenyan citizen. The eligibility criteria for Cash Transfer to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) is: Extremely poor household with one or more OVCs as a permanent member, a household not benefitting from any other social assistance programme, a household with a caretaker who is chronically ill or unable to perform his or her duties. The eligibility criteria for persons with severe disabilities is: An extremely poor household with a severely disabled person, a household not enrolled in any other cash transfer programme, a household with no member receiving pension, a household that has resided in a particular location for more than a year. The beneficiary should be a Kenyan citizen. The above criteria apply to beneficiaries in all the 47 counties. (3) Management of the funds. The three cash transfer programmes: OPCT, PWST, and CT-OVC are coordinated by the State Department of Social Protection under the Ministry of East Africa Community, Labour and Social Protection. The State Department has established a social assistance unit to run the day to day implementation of the cash transfer at the national level. There is also a social protection secretariat which manages an integrated single registry for the programme. At the county and sub- county levels, the county coordinators and sub-county officers of the department of children services and that of social development are responsible for the implementation of the cash transfer programme. The Ministry has institutionalised the involvement of communities through the constituency social assistance committees to provide oversight in identification of beneficiaries. Membership of the committees includes the area Member of Parliament (MP) and the local leaders nominated by the MP, the County Women Representative and the representatives of faith based organisations besides the technical department heads of the ministry. On the payment structure, the cash transfer stipend is delivered to the beneficiaries through contracted Payment Service Providers (PSPs). The current PSPs are Equity Bank limited and Kenya Commercial bank (KCB). (4) Mode of payment used to pay the beneficiaries. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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