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Participants at the Monthly Discussion Forum on Ageing in Nairobi during discussions on the Social Protection Act 2025 and older persons welfare programmes in Kenya. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
Kenya’s flagship cash transfer programme for older persons operated for more than a decade without a specific legislative framework, a senior government official has acknowledged.
The remarks came during the 11th edition of the Monthly Discussion Forum on Ageing (MDFA) in Nairobi on Friday, which brought together government officials, civil society groups and organisations representing older persons to discuss Kenya’s Social Protection Act.
The National Social Protection Secretariat (NSPS) said cash transfer programmes running without legislative cover were exposed to risk.
