The cashless money transfer is the heaviest blow Covid-19 has inflicted on urchins and street families. "We depend on loose change from well-wishers who, despite their shrinking number, no longer carry cash,” 14-year-old Joe told the Star. According to him, “mobile cash transfers are helpful to all but street families who not have bank accounts or phones". A 2018 national census of street families showed that Kenya has 46,639 such families with seven out of 10 street dwellers being males. The street people commended the police for not assaulting them during the night curfew.

Source: The Star July 16, 2020 20:01 UTC