Migori to register over 5,000 orphans and vulnerable children in the Inua Jamii programme

Migori

Friday September 1, 2023,

KNA by Geoffrey Makokha

Migori County targets to register 5091 vulnerable children and orphans in the Inua Jamii cash transfer registration.

The Inua Jamii Cash Transfer registration which is set to run for one month starting on September 1, will also include mass registration and upscaling of the elderly citizens and persons with severe disabilities.

The Migori County Social Services Coordinator Betty Amondi said on Thursday that the Inua Jamii Transfer Programme was targeting to upscale the number of beneficiaries by 500, 000 across the country with the aim of providing support to deserving and vulnerable individuals in Kenya.

Amondi explained that the registration will take place at all the Sub County social services offices in Migori, urging that all the persons aged 70 and above and not in any pension scheme will automatically qualify for the program.

She, however, noted that those with severe disabilities and fully dependent on the caregivers will be given first consideration in the first phase.

The official also added that already a work plan had been hatched in coordination with the local administration on how best to make the Inua Jamii registration a success.

She urged the local media to help propagate the registration messages and help sensitise the public on the importance of recruiting the beneficiaries.

“We are urging the local media to help us inform the public so that we can register our elderly, the PLWD, and vulnerable children. We have also trained our personnel at the Sub County level in readiness for the commencement of the Inua Jamii programme”, noted Amondi.

Migori County Children Services Coordinator Sammy Korir disclosed that in cases were the number of orphans and vulnerable children supersede the required number of those targeted to be registered, the programme will automatically place them on a waiting list that will be implemented in the second phase to ensure that every beneficiary benefits.

The Cash Transfer to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC), The Cash Transfer to Older Persons (CT-OP), and the Cash Transfer to Persons with severe disabilities (CT-PwSD) is set to be implemented in three phases.

Korir however, urged the caregivers and guardians to fully cooperate with the data collectors and local administrators to ensure the beneficiaries are rightfully captured before the elapse of the one-month period mass registration.

Meanwhile, Migori County Commissioner David Gitonga speaking at the function which was held at Ifad Hall in Migori town assured the public that the government was fully focused on uplifting the vulnerable in the communities.

Gitonga also outlined that the registration process aims to fill the gaps in the programme brought about by natural attrition and the graduation of orphans that had attained the age of 23.

He assured the data collectors that the local administration would provide assistance to ensure that the process ran smoothly.

“The local administrator will provide assistance at the ward levels to ensure that the registration officers are able to capture data correctly and help minimize errors that may lead to wrong information capture”, assured Gitonga.

The administrator, however, encouraged People Living with Disabilities (PWLD) to register with the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPwD) to be able to access more benefits and assistance from the body.

Courtesy ; K. N. A