Emily Wangare is a community mobiliser and a community Health Volunteer from Mathare’s Mlango Kubwa in Nairobi. She was among those tasked with participating in identifying and collecting data about vulnerable households to benefit from the cash transfer programme that was aimed to cushion them from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The community to date doesn’t understand why they were left out and who selected the list,” Wangare said during the release of a report on the irregularities that marred the Covid-19 cash transfers programme. The report “We are all Vulnerable Here: Kenya’s pandemic cash transfer program riddled with irregularities’ was released by the Human Rights Watch at a Nairobi hotel. The residents interviewed were from Mathare, Mugomoini, Kayole, Soweto, Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Mukuru Kayaba, Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Kibera, Kawangware, Dandora, Korogocho and Kariobangi North and South.

Source: The Star July 21, 2021 02:03 UTC