Kilifi, Kisii And Kirinyaga Records High Cases Of Elderly Abuse

As Kenya Joins The Rest Of The World To Mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, At Least 123,000 Elderly People Have Been Locked Out The State's Monthly Stipend Due To Labour And Social Protection Ministry's Failure To Update The Beneficiaries' Register. The Elderly Erroneously Omitted Will Now Have To Wait Longer As The Government Says There Is No Money To Recruit More People. As Busara Naaman Reports, Kenyans Also Have Been Urged To Discard The Unbecoming Habit Of Lynching And Abusing The Elderly On Claims Of Being Witchcrafts.