Older Persons’ Cash Transfer, OPCT
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To improve the capacities and livelihoods of older people.
Mathiu, P., and E.K. Mathiu. 2012. “Social Protection for the Elderly as a Development Strategy:
a case study of Kenya’s old persons cash transfer programme.” Conference Paper No. 32,
III IESE Conference ‘Mozambique: Accumulation and Transformation in a context of International
crisis’, 4–5 September. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.iese.ac.mz/lib/publication/III_
Conf2012/IESE_IIIConf_Paper32.pdf>.
Start date
2006
National Gender and Equality Commission. 2014. Participation of Vulnerable Populations in their
Own Programmes - The Cash Transfers in Kenya. Nairobi: National Gender and Equality Commission.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.ngeckenya.org/Downloads/cash-transfer-programmevulnerable-
groups-kenya.pdf>.
Coverage
59,000 beneficiaries (2015)
HelpAge. 2015. “HelpAge International Pension Watch Database.” Pension Watch website.
Accessed 11 November 2015.
Programme expenditure
0.015 per cent of GDP (2015)
HelpAge. 2015. “HelpAge International Pension Watch Database.” Pension Watch website.
Accessed 11 November 2015.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Community-Based Targeting
Mathiu, P., and E.K. Mathiu. 2012. “Social Protection for the Elderly as a Development Strategy:
a case study of Kenya’s old persons cash transfer programme.” Conference Paper No. 32,
III IESE Conference ‘Mozambique: Accumulation and Transformation in a context of International
crisis’, 4–5 September. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.iese.ac.mz/lib/publication/III_
Conf2012/IESE_IIIConf_Paper32.pdf>.
Targeted areas
44 districts within Kenya.
Mathiu, P., and E.K. Mathiu. 2012. “Social Protection for the Elderly as a Development Strategy:
a case study of Kenya’s old persons cash transfer programme.” Conference Paper No. 32,
III IESE Conference ‘Mozambique: Accumulation and Transformation in a context of International
crisis’, 4–5 September. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.iese.ac.mz/lib/publication/III_
Conf2012/IESE_IIIConf_Paper32.pdf>.
Target groups
Elderly people
Eligibility criteria
Beneficiaries are residents of the selected districts aged 65 or older, who are poor and do not receive any other grant.
National Gender and Equality Commission. 2014. Participation of Vulnerable Populations in their
Own Programmes - The Cash Transfers in Kenya. Nairobi: National Gender and Equality Commission.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.ngeckenya.org/Downloads/cash-transfer-programmevulnerable-
groups-kenya.pdf>.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits
KES2,000 (USD22) per month
Mwasiaji, W. 2015. “Scaling up Cash Transfer Programmes in Kenya.” IPC-IG One Pager, No. 286.
Brasília: IPC-IG. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/eng/OP286_Scaling_up_
Cash_Transfer_Programmes_in_Kenya.pdf>.
Payment/delivery frequency
Bi-monthly
Mathiu, P., and E.K. Mathiu. 2012. “Social Protection for the Elderly as a Development Strategy:
a case study of Kenya’s old persons cash transfer programme.” Conference Paper No. 32,
III IESE Conference ‘Mozambique: Accumulation and Transformation in a context of International
crisis’, 4–5 September. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.iese.ac.mz/lib/publication/III_
Conf2012/IESE_IIIConf_Paper32.pdf>.
Benefit delivery mechanism
The grants are delivered by the Postal Corporation of Kenya or the district treasury.
Mathiu, P., and E.K. Mathiu. 2012. “Social Protection for the Elderly as a Development Strategy:
a case study of Kenya’s old persons cash transfer programme.” Conference Paper No. 32,
III IESE Conference ‘Mozambique: Accumulation and Transformation in a context of International
crisis’, 4–5 September. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.iese.ac.mz/lib/publication/III_
Conf2012/IESE_IIIConf_Paper32.pdf>.
