Cash Transfers for Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Welfare of Beneficiaries in Makueni County, Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Muendo, Onesmus Ngasa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-04T10:06:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-04T10:06:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-11 | |
| dc.description | A Research Project Submitted to the School of Law, Arts and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of Degree in Masters of Public Policy and Administration of Kenyatta University, November 2025. Supervisor 1.Heather E. Kipchumba | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cash transfer programmes help the vulnerable population in the society, such as children, alleviate poverty and other related challenges. Kenyan Government has put resources in social protection programmes including the CT for OVC. Despite these efforts, studies have indicated that children in Kenya continue to suffer poverty, malnutrition related diseases, lack of access to primary health care, child labor, sexual harassment, rape, stigma, discrimination and trauma. The objectives of the study included; to determine the effect of socio-economic characteristics of beneficiaries’ caregivers and households, examine the beneficiaries’ caregiver’s awareness of CT-OVC objectives, and establish the relationship between the beneficiary’s household utilization of the CT-OVC and the welfare of OVCs in Makueni County, Kenya. The anchoring theory was the theory of social change supported by the sustainable livelihood framework and the institutional theory. The research scope was Kibwezi West Sub-County in Makueni County with the study target population being beneficiaries’ caregivers, children’s officers and chiefs. A descriptive research design was employed targeting 2,254 beneficiaries of CT-OVC, 3 children’s officers and 12 chiefs. To sample 340 CT-OVC beneficiaries, simple random sampling was used where else purposive sampling was used for all the chiefs and children’s officers (census), deemed key informants of the study. Primary data was used in this study and was collected by employing questionnaires and the use of scheduled interviews with key informants. Quantitative and qualitative data analysis was employed. Qualitative data was analyzed by use of content analysis and the results were presented by in themes. Analysis of quantitative data was aided by use of SPSS version 26 for both descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. To display the results of the descriptive analysis, mean, standard deviation, frequencies, and percentages were used. Inferential statistics used were regression analysis and correlation. Findings revealed a positive and statistically significant correlation between OVC welfare and socioeconomic characteristics of the caregivers. The welfare of OVC was also positively and statistically significantly correlated with household use of the OVC cash transfer funds. A positive but not statistically significant correlation was found between the welfare of OVC and the awareness of the goals of the cash transfer funds. According to the report, Kenyan government should increase and fortify support beyond financial aid. Along with addressing mental and health issues, this entails funding education and training to give OVC and their caregivers sufficient skills as well as revenue-generating ventures to improve long-term access to health services, education, and other welfare needs. To further the goals of the fund, the Kenyan government should fund financial literacy training for beneficiaries’ caregivers. This will improve the quality of cash transfer fund’s utilization. The government and other non-governmental entities should invest in improving communication on the objectives of CT-OVC. The researcher suggested further studies on the effectiveness of the CT-OVC utilization and the welfare of OVC. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/32256 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.title | Cash Transfers for Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Welfare of Beneficiaries in Makueni County, Kenya | |
| dc.type | Thesis |