Ministry of Labour and Social Protection is seeking to enrol survivors of the 1998 terrorist attack in Nairobi into the Inua Jamii programme.
Cabinet Secretary Florence Bore said her ministry will work with the leadership of the 1998 bombast survivors to identify those who can be enrolled on the social protection programme.
“Some of the survivors eligible may have been registered during the ongoing registration exercise,” she said.
The CS spoke on Thursday when she appeared before the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the compensation of the Kenyan victims of the 1998 bombing of the United States embassy in Nairobi.
Bore urged survivors of the attack who have not been registered under Inua Jamii to visit the registration sites nearest to them in their respective home locations.
“The registration exercise will end on September 30, 2023,” the CS told senators.
She said the Ministry has not designed a programme specifically for the 1998 Nairobi United States of America Embassy bomb blast survivors.
An estimated 224 Kenyan civilians were killed and 4,000 injured by the blast in the vicinity of the embassy.
Inua Jamii seeks to protect and cushion poor and vulnerable citizens in the country to ensure that all Kenyans live in dignity and exploit their human capabilities for their own social and economic development.
The poor and vulnerable groups targeted are orphans and vulnerable children, persons with severe disabilities and older persons.