These devastating developments associated with the pandemic indicate that this is the time to re-examine and restructure our social protection programmes. The National Assembly, through the Labour and Social Welfare Committee and stakeholders, must initiate a legislative process that will ask for allocation of funds for monthly unconditional basic income(UBI) targeting poor and vulnerable households. Article 43 of the Constitution affords Kenyans the right to affordable healthcare, housing, food, and social security and requires the state to support the weak through practical social security measures. It has three key components — social assistance, social security, and health insurance. Some of them threatened the very existence of human life, most of them have been the moments that inspired revolutionary social changes.

Source: The Star July 15, 2020 01:52 UTC