Persons with Severe Disability Cash Transfer, PWSD–CT
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Persons with disabilities
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To provide immediate relief from extreme poverty to people with severe disabilities, while enhancing their basic rights through the provision of regular cash transfers
Ministry of Labour and East African Affairs. 2016. Inua Jamii Towards a More Effective National Safety Net for Kenya: Progress Report. National Safety Net Program.p.2. available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/images/downloads/NSNP-Progress-Report_March_2016.pdf. Accessed 18/12/2023
Start date
2011
National Social Protection Secretariat. n.d. Cash Transfer for Persons with Severe Disability. Available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/social-protection-components/social-assistance/national-safety-net-program/cash-transfer-for-persons-with-severe-disabilities-pwsd-ct. Accessed 18/12/2023
Coverage
47,200 beneficiaries between 2015/16 and 2019/2020 financial year
Kataa, S.; Onsomu, E.; and Mose, V. 2020. Deepening Disability Inclusion in Social Protection in Kenya. The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis. Available at: https://kippra.or.ke/deepening-disability-inclusion-in-social-protection-in-kenya/ Accessed on: 6 February, 2023
Programme expenditure
KSH 1,200,000,000 budgeted in fiscal year 2015/2016
Ministry of Labour and East African Affairs. 2016. Inua Jamii Towards a More Effective National Safety Net for Kenya: Progress Report. National Safety Net Program.p.15. available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/images/downloads/NSNP-Progress-Report_March_2016.pdf. Accessed 18/12/2023
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Categorical Targeting
Community-Based Targeting
Ministry of Labour and East African Affairs. 2016. Inua Jamii Towards a More Effective National Safety Net for Kenya: Progress Report. National Safety Net Program.p.11. available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/images/downloads/NSNP-Progress-Report_March_2016.pdf. Accessed 18/12/2023
Targeted areas
Nationwide
National Social Protection Secretariat. n.d. Cash Transfer for Persons with Severe Disability .available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/social-protection-components/social-assistance/national-safety-net-program/cash-transfer-for-persons-with-severe-disabilities-pwsd-ct. accessed 18/12/2023
Target groups
Adults and children with severe disabilities, who require full time support of a caregiver.
National Social Protection Secretariat. n.d. Cash Transfer for Persons with Severe Disability. Available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/social-protection-components/social-assistance/national-safety-net-program/cash-transfer-for-persons-with-severe-disabilities-pwsd-ct. Accessed 18/12/2023
Eligibility criteria
Households with a person with severe disability and who needs:
Permanent care including feeding, toiletry, protection from danger from themselves and from other persons and the environment and thus, require intensive support on a daily basis.
Must be poor
Beneficiary/household must not be enrolled in any other Cash Transfer programme
A member of the household must not be receiving any pension and/or regular income
National Social Protection Secretariat. n.d. Cash Transfer for Persons with Severe Disability. Available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/social-protection-components/social-assistance/national-safety-net-program/cash-transfer-for-persons-with-severe-disabilities-pwsd-ct. Accessed 18/12/2023
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash
National Social Protection Secretariat. n.d. Cash Transfer for Persons with Severe Disability. Available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/social-protection-components/social-assistance/national-safety-net-program/cash-transfer-for-persons-with-severe-disabilities-pwsd-ct. Accessed 18/12/2023
Amount of benefits
KES2,000 per household per month
Ministry of Labour and East African Affairs. 2016. Inua Jamii Towards a More Effective National Safety Net for Kenya: Progress Report. National Safety Net Program.p.15. available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/images/downloads/NSNP-Progress-Report_March_2016.pdf. Accessed 18/12/2023
Payment/delivery frequency
Every two months
Ministry of Labour and East African Affairs. 2016. Inua Jamii Towards a More Effective National Safety Net for Kenya: Progress Report. National Safety Net Program.p.15. available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/images/downloads/NSNP-Progress-Report_March_2016.pdf. Accessed 18/12/2023
Benefit delivery mechanism
Through appointed payment agents – currently the Kenya Commercial Bank and Equity Bank.
National Social Protection Secretariat. n.d. Cash Transfer for Persons with Severe Disability. Available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/social-protection-components/social-assistance/national-safety-net-program/cash-transfer-for-persons-with-severe-disabilities-pwsd-ct. accessed 18/12/2023
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
Since the National Safety Net Programme (NSNP) was created in 2013, considerable progress has been made towards achieving the objectives and key indicators of the programme. With regard to M&E, the four cash transfer programmes have all begun to report on the common indicators as set out in the NSNP monitoring framework. Furthermore, each programme now has a functioning MIS that is able to record and report on all pertinent program-related information. Additionally, there are several monitoring and evaluation activities that have taken place by external independent firms or are currently underway to collect additional information on the progress that the NSNP has been making towards achieving its objectives.
Ministry of Labour and East African Affairs. 2016. Inua Jamii Towards a More Effective National Safety Net for Kenya: Progress Report. National Safety Net Program.p.29. available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/images/downloads/NSNP-Progress-Report_March_2016.pdf. Accessed 18/12/2023.
Legal Framework
Kenya´s Social Assistance Act 24 of 2013
MIS
The programme´s MIS contains a registration module for both targeting and enrollment that contains beneficiary data. The MIS also has a payment module to make post-payroll checks and reconciliations more efficient, accurate, and timely. In addition, each MIS has a change management module that can produce beneficiary lists that identify households that no longer meet the eligibility criteria. The MISs also contain modules for registering complaints and grievances, and, as mentioned previously, they are currently being decentralized to the county level to improve the management of incoming data from the local level. Additionally, each MIS is able to support M&E by being able to produce reports on any data of interest. Finally, the programme MISs are able to link to and provide information to the common Single Registry.
Ministry of Labour and East African Affairs. 2016. Inua Jamii Towards a More Effective National Safety Net for Kenya: Progress Report. National Safety Net Program.p.29. available at: https://nsps.socialprotection.go.ke/images/downloads/NSNP-Progress-Report_March_2016.pdf. Accessed 18/12/2023.