Inua Jamii cash transfer (older persons 70+, severe disability, orphans)

What you need

• A valid Kenyan national ID (for an older person, their own ID)
• Your caregiver's valid Kenyan national ID
• A Safaricom line registered in your own name (matching your ID) with M-Pesa active

Steps

1. Go to the relevant officers at your sub-county office (social protection) and ask to be registered. Registration is ongoing, not a one-off window.
2. Not sure where to go? Call the free Inua Jamii line 1533 (Safaricom, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm) about registration, entry criteria or payment dates.
3. Once enrolled, make sure you have a Safaricom line in your own name and that M-Pesa is active. You can register one at any Safaricom shop or M-Pesa agent.
4. To get paid, go in person to the nearest M-Pesa agent with your original ID. The agent checks your fingerprints (or face) and pays you. Count the money before you leave.

Who can apply

• Three groups: older persons aged 70 and above, households caring for a person with severe disability, and households with orphans and vulnerable children.
• Older persons: a Kenyan citizen aged 70 or older with a valid national ID.
• Older persons not getting a pension are given priority.
• Severe disability: a household with a person who needs 24-hour care, not in another cash transfer programme and with no one on a pension. The beneficiary must be Kenyan.
• Orphans and vulnerable children: an extremely poor household where one or more such children live permanently, not getting any other government cash transfer.
• You should have lived in the area for at least 1 year.
• Each beneficiary gets KSh 2,000 per payment.
• Payments have been monthly since July 2023.