Influence of cash transfer programming on food security in Lapur and lake zone wards of Turkana north sub-county, Kenya
Abstract
Turkana County is regarded as one of the poorest County in the country with 94% poverty index
compared to the country’s 45.9%. There has been interventions of social protection, particularly
cash transfer programming through both government and non-governmental organizations. Cash
grants intervention under Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP) is being funded by DfID and
implemented by a consortium of NGOs including Oxfam and Help Age. For several years, the
national government’s department of social services had a long term cash transfer programme
through the Older Persons, Orphans and Vulnerable Children and the People living with severe
disabilities. NGOs have undertaken Cash transfer programming including Oxfam, and Help Age
in the past emergencies response projects, mainly involving households facing the effects of
recurrent droughts. The study therefore examined influence of cash transfer programming on
food security in Lapur and Lake Zone wards of Turkana North Sub-County with the aim of
determining the influence cash transfer, cash grants, cash for work and voucher system to food
security. The study was carried out in Lapur and Lake Zone wards of Turkana North Sub
County. Questionnaires and focused group discussions were used to collect data. Descriptive
survey design aid in the identification of sampling techniques, Stratified, Cluster, Purposive and
Random sampling were used to draw the population of study. Data analysis was done with the
aid of the SPSS tool. Correlation and regression techniques was used in data analysis and based
on the results of the data analysis, the study revealed that cash transfer programming enable the
community members gain ability to meet basic needs, alleviate hunger and poverty and alleviates
social inequality influencing food security. Regression results indicated that voucher system
contribute to food security (β4=0.435, p= 0.000<0.05). The results was supported by regression
results that revealed that there existed a significant relationship between cash for work and food
security (β3==.086, p = 0.020<0.05). The regression results revealed that cash grants has a
significance positive influence on food security (β2=0.147, p= 0.025<0.05). This study
concluded that there existed a significant relationship between cash for work and food security.
Cash grants was a major influential factor on improvement of food security demonstrating that
cash grant contribute significantly to food security in the area. The study concluded that cash
transfer programme influence food security as regularly disbursed of the beneficiary households
makes longer-term plans about consumption, saving and investments in cash transfer
programmes influence food security in Lapur and Lake Zone wards of Turkana North SubCounty
to a less extent. The study concluded that voucher system was a cash transfer program
that was adopted in cash transfer services to beneficiaries in Lapur and Lake Zone wards of
Turkana North Sub-County as influential factor to achieve food security. The study recommends
that government and other stakeholder should enhance cash transfer programme so as to achieve
food security.
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