“We are all vulnerable here”: Kenya’s pandemic cash transfer program riddled with irregularities

This report is based on Human Rights Watch research in 11 of the 14 informal settlements in Nairobi county. Nairobi is among the 21 counties the Kenyan government selected, out of the country’s 47 counties, to implement cash transfers to cushion the most vulnerable households against the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This research focused only on Nairobi county.