The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has released Sh3.2 billion for the Inua Jamii Programme for June.
The payment will be distributed from Wednesday, July 3, 2024, through their bank accounts.
The State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs PS Joseph Motari said the ministry has so far onboarded 570,263 new beneficiaries.
Motari added that the total of beneficiaries in the June payroll is 1,607,996 up from 1,037,733 in May 2024.
The Inua Jamii programme is a government cash transfer initiative that supports the most vulnerable members of the community.
The programme includes Cash Transfers for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Older Persons Cash Transfer, Persons with Severe Disabilities Cash Transfer and the Hunger Safety Net Programme.
It provides them with a stipend to cushion them from poverty, hunger and improve their lives.
In 2023, President William Ruto directed the ministry to upscale the programme to 2.5 million beneficiaries which will be done in phases.
Ruto directed that the money for the programme be released on the 15th of every month.
Ruto committed that his administration would be diligent in ensuring the timely disbursement of funds.
“If there are people who deserve our support, it is vulnerable in society,” he said during an Interdenominational Church Service in Taita Taveta at a past event.