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Mutua says the elderly to receive stipend through mobile money

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The elderly and persons living with disabilities queue outside a bank agent in Kisii town to receive monthly stipend under the National Government Cash Transfer Programme. [File, Standard]

Labour and Social Welfare Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has told the Senate that the government is working to ensure that beneficiaries of the cash transfer programme across the country get money through their mobile phones.

Dr Mutua who appeared before the Senate plenary acknowledged that for several years now the elderly have been queuing in banks to receive the monthly stipend, which is inconveniencing to most of them.

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