Year: July 2020
Author: Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, National Social Protection Secretariat
Organization: Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, National Social Protection Secretariat
No. of pages: 40
Executive Summary
The Annual Kenya Social Protection Report covers the period 2018/19 financial year and highlights the activities undertaken by the National Social Protection Secretariat (NSPS) and partners in the Social Protection Sector (SPS). The objective of this report is to provide a status of the social protection sector over the last FY 2018/19. The Kenya social protection policy (KSPP 2011) structured the sector into three pillars; social assistance, social security and social health insurance. The report highlights the coverage, expenditure and capacity requirements of the programs in the sector.
The government of Kenya has made social protection a priority through the commitments of its policy, vision 2030, the MTP III and SDG 1.3 No poverty (ensure that social protection systems are established). The Government extended cushioning to the poor and vulnerable by linking beneficiaries to complementary programmes such as nutrition, school feeding, agricultural subsidies and health insurance subsidies such as Universal Health Care (UHC) and NHIF. The introduction of the pension scheme for the over 70yrs and above was one of the major milestones in the sector within the recent two years.