The government has launched the first phase of the Inua Jamii registration exercise to bring on board older members of the society aged 70 years and above, people with severe disabilities and orphans whose caregivers are unable to fully support them.
The registration, which will continue in the next 20 days in all counties in the country will see the beneficiaries receive a monthly stipend of Sh2,000.
Speaking during the launch of the exercise, the acting county commissioner Solomon Chesut called on all elders in the society to avail themselves with their national identity cards for registration.
Chesut further said that exercise is free of charge and warned that anyone who tries to solicit money from the members of the public will face the force of the law.
“This exercise is free and no one should be asked to pay anything. I want to warn anyone thinking of soliciting money from the elders, that you will be arrested and charged,” Chesut said.
The County social services coordinator Titus Mulandi said that for the people living with disabilities, they will register only those with severe disabilities.
“We are looking to only register those with severe disabilities such that they must have caregivers at all times. Those who cannot bathe by themselves, feed themselves or need attention all the time,” Mulandi said.
“For the children, we are registering the orphans and they must have a caregiver who will come with a burial permit or death certificate of the dead parent(s). We will also be registering children whose parents are chronically ill in a way that they cannot provide for them,” he added.
Mulandi said they are seeking that all elderly people with 70 and above years, 609 people living with disabilities and 4125 children be registered in the county.
