The State Department for Social Protection has launched the process of opening accounts for newly recruited elderly persons to benefit from the Old Persons Cash Transfer (OPCT) in the Inua Jamii Scale-Up programme.
Narok County Director of Children Services, Pilot Khaemba said 8043 elderly persons would benefit from the programme with Narok South constituency having the highest number of 1854 beneficiaries, while Narok East constituency has the lowest number at 894 people.
Narok North has 1256, Narok West 1542, Kilgoris 1158, while Emurua Dikir Constituency has 1339 new beneficiaries, saying the bank opening process would run up to June 5th, 2024 and thereafter they would start receiving their monies immediately.
Khaemba said the number was an addition to 9984 persons who were already benefiting from the cash transfer programme in the county.
He said the payment service providers should be financial institutions that have agents at the grassroots to enable the elderly access their money easily.
“The payment service providers recommended include Kenya Commercial Bank, Cooperative Bank, Equity Bank, Post Bank, Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT) and National Bank,” he said.
At the same time, over 152 enumerators from every location in the county are undergoing a one week’s training in a bid to register Orphans and Vulnerable Children who will benefit from the Cash Transfer.
The enumerators were expected to register 5529 new beneficiaries in the county to add to the current 6494.
The enumerators were warned against giving false information or taking gifts or money to coerce them to do the registration.
“The exercise is free, fair and transparent. The enumerators should not take any gift from the people they are helping to register, nor should they give wrong information that could easily lead to the household being banned from receiving the money,” he reminded.
All the beneficiaries should have the original National Identification Card, birth certificate or clinic cards and death certificates of parents.
“We expect the beneficiaries to cooperate with the chiefs and enumerators for good service,” he said, adding that all the beneficiaries would get Sh2,000 every month.
By Ann Salaton
