Ms Mordaunt wants developing nations to “take responsibility” for expanding the education and healthcare systems.[Photo/MyGov]In six years the UK government will discontinue its support for a cash-transfer programme targeted at hunger-stricken communities in Kenya.Penny Mordaunt Britain’s International Development secretary told The Guardian that the Kenyan government would be expected to shoulder the whole cost of the 20.4 billion programme.Households that cannot afford their basic expenses receive cash transfers of about Sh5,400 every two months under the HSNP programme. About 100,000 households, or about 600,000 people, most of them in Turkana, Mandera, Wajir and Marsabit, have benefited from the programme.DfID has already committed to help fund the programme for the next five years and has set apart Sh2.8 billion (£19.8m) for the 2019 financial year.Ms Mordaunt was quoted by The Guardian newspaper earlier this month saying that the United Kingdom would cut foreign aid to countries that do not “invest in their own people”.Ms Mordaunt further added that she wanted developing nations to “take responsibility” for expanding the education and healthcare systems in their countries.HSNP is one of many social safety net programmes run by the government including cash transfers to the elderly people, orphans and to persons with severe disabilities.

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