Kenya: Ministry Steps Up Efforts to Tackle Ageing Crisis as Elderly Count Soars

2 October 2017

The growing ageing population is likely to put further pressure on families and the State to provide quality livelihoods for the senior citizens.

And as the country celebrates the International Day of Older Persons this week, data from the State Department of Social Protection, indicate that a total of Sh7.3 billion was spent as stipend on the older people in all counties last financial year alone.

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