The government has released Sh880 million under the Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) Programme, set to reach 440,020 households across the country.
Each household will receive Sh2,000 as part of the September 2025 payment, with disbursements scheduled to start on Friday, October 24, through contracted service providers.
In a statement issued on Thursday, October 23, 2025, the Ministry of Gender, Culture and Children Services said the funds were released through the State Department for Children Services under the Inua Jamii initiative. The programme forms a key part of the government’s social protection strategy, designed to cushion vulnerable groups while fostering human capital development.
“The Ministry of Gender, Culture and Children Services, through the State Department for Children Services, has disbursed a total of Eight Hundred and Eighty Million and Forty Thousand Shillings (Sh. 880,040,000) to 440,020 Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) Programme households under the Inua Jamii initiative,” the statement read.
Principal Secretary for the State Department for Children Services, CPA Carren Ageng’o, said the funds will significantly support the welfare of orphans and vulnerable children by strengthening family and community-based care.
“The CT-OVC Programme aims to encourage fostering and retention of orphans and vulnerable children within their families and communities, while promoting their human capital development,” she said.
The ministry highlighted that the cash transfer programme has improved the lives of thousands of children by boosting school enrolment and transition, expanding access to health and nutrition services, and enhancing child protection outcomes.
Ageng’o reaffirmed the government’s commitment to timely and transparent disbursement of funds to the intended beneficiaries, emphasizing that the programme remains central to Kenya’s social safety net agenda.
“Specifically, the programme supports increased enrolment and transition in education, improved health and nutrition outcomes, enhanced household food security, and better child protection,” she added.
The government continues to scale up the Inua Jamii programmes as part of its broader efforts to reduce poverty and inequality, empower vulnerable families, and strengthen community resilience.
