Friday, 28 February, 2025
Social Protection Committee to engage PS Monari over looming Inua Jamii Cash crisis๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐
The Social Protection Committee, chaired by Hon. Alice Ngโangโa (Thika Town), reconvenes today to address a looming financial crisis that threatens to disrupt the livelihoods of thousands of vulnerable Kenyans under the Inua Jamii cash transfer program. The fund supports the elderly, people living with severe disabilities, households facing extreme poverty and vulnerable children in society.
Principal Secretary for Social Protection and Senior Citizens Affairs, Joseph Monari, is expected to provide clarity on the Ministryโs budget constraints after admitting that funds for the program have been exhausted, casting doubt on facilitation between March and July 2025.
The session follows an adjournment in yesterdayโs meeting, where legislators halted Monariโs presentation after detecting irregularities and errors in the submitted budget policy statement documents. Lawmakers reminded the PS that Parliament is a house of records and order, demanding a revised and accurate submission.
Lawmakers are set to engage the PS from 10:30 a.m. today to strategize on urgent solutions to avert a crisis that could leave the elderly and vulnerable without their much-needed support.