Impact of Inua Jamii Program on the Financial Sustainability of the Beneficiaries in Machakos County

Abstract

The financial sustainability among the vulnerable is very important in ensuring access to medication, food and other basic amenities. Inua Jamii Programme is crucial in identification of the disadvantage groups and providing them with sustainable programme. The global environment has continuously recorded an increase in the number of people with various challenges. Cash transfer programme has been executed globally to reinforce the vulnerable group. The lubricants of poverty among the ageing population results from poor health, inaccessibility to financial support, household straining to cater for basic needs, ignorance and loss of jobs among others. The driving force of the study was; to assess the impact of Inua Jamii Programme on the financial sustainability of beneficiaries in Machakos County. The research target 400 elderly beneficiaries in the Machakos County. As a result, this study utilized the questionnaires to investigate the association. Moreover, descriptive research design was utilized to provide more insight. In addition, under regression computation; Inua Jamii Programme explains 39.2% of the financial sustainability of the beneficiaries of the program in Machakos County. Therefore, the intervals of payment, the volume of payment and the accessibility were significant in explaining financial sustainability. Additionally the coefficient of the Interval of payment is positive (.247) and statistically significant (0.000) at 0.05 level of significance. A unit increase in the interval of payment leads to a corresponding 0.247units improvement in the financial sustainability of the payment beneficiaries. In addition, the coefficient of the Interval of payment is positive (.247) and statistically significant (0.000) at 0.05 level of significance. A unit increase in the interval of payment leads to a corresponding 0.247units improvement in the financial sustainability of the payment beneficiaries. Further, the coefficient of the Volume of payment is positive (.238) and statistically significant (0.000) at 0.05 level of significance. A unit increase in the volume of payment results in a corresponding 0.238units improvement in the financial sustainability of the payment beneficiaries. Finally, the coefficient of the accessibility of the Inua Jamii Funds is positive (.254) and statistically significant (0.000) at 0.05 level of significance. A unit increase in the volume of payment results in a corresponding 0.254units improvement in the financial sustainability of the payment beneficiaries. The study recommends the government of Kenya should introduce a policy that will enable the selection of a particular group of beneficiaries then they be given substantial amount to enable them pick up and depended on their own.