The ministry of labour and social protection is undertaking training for 288 enumerators and 29 supervisors who will register all vulnerable households in Nyamira County.
Nyamira County coordinator for children services, Rasto Omollo while talking to press said this exercise dubbed ‘Enhanced Single Registry (ESR)’ whereby trained enumerators will be going round all listed households to register the vulnerable people and classify their level of vulnerability to enable in proper planning and provision of social protection services for such marginalized groups of people in our country.
The coordinator of children services observed that the last time data for the vulnerable households and people was collected in Kenya was during the 2019 national census but with dynamics of life and effects of the Covid 19 pandemic, many people have become vulnerable in our communities yet their type and level of vulnerability is not yet known.
“The data collection exercise will therefore give updated information on the number of vulnerable people in our county as at 2024 detailing their types and levels of vulnerability to help in proper planning by government and partners intending to undertake social protection programmes to alleviate them from continued vulnerability and suffering.” Omollo stated.
“The data collected is not targeting any particular exercise to directly benefit those captured in the data register immediately but for future policy making and social protection programme implementation by government and other stakeholders of good will.” Clarified Omollo.
“Don’t be cheated that this data capturing exercise is targeting those who will be considered for the cash transfer programme or some unknown financial aid as some have started peddling such rumors in the community. This is purely a data capturing exercise by the government. He warned.
The training of enumerators and supervisors is a countrywide exercise ending on Saturday the 22nd of June and then they commence the enumeration exercise for 21 days from 24th of June next week.
Mr. Omollo urged Nyamira residents to cooperate in giving accurate information to enumerators when they visit homes of vulnerable people for accurate and adequate planning by the government.
By Deborah Bochere
