APRM • SECOND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA 257. The Government has put in place cash transfer programmes to boost the welfare of older persons, however these target persons aged sixty-five and, approximately above 33,000 households benefitted from cash transfers of KShs 2,000 per household under the Older Persons Programme by 2014.31 However, older persons, including widow or female headed households tend to have dependents whose needs they must meet, placing a demand on the sums of monies they received. Further, the challenges of growing older include increased need of adequate health care, domestic support, water, sanitation and nutrition, which given the high poverty levels may be unattainable. 258. A situational analysis conducted by the NGEC revealed a high incidence of violence against older persons in the private and domestic sphere, a problem that is under reported.32 This is attributed to the pressures of poverty and declining moral values that cause the elderly to be vulnerable to abuse and neglect from relatives. The analysis also noted the prevalence of other forms of exploitation such as robbing older persons of property including land; sexual and physical assaults and even killings. These forms of violence are insidious, hidden and rarely reported by family members who may be the perpetrators or fear embarrassment due to public exposure. As a result, the older persons who are victims or at risk of victimisation are not being identified for care and protection. There are also sporadic but significant attacks on older persons suspected to be involved in witchcraft, which has resulted in mob justice at the community level. 3.10.2.4 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 259. The history of IDPs in Kenya stretches back to the early 1990s; over three decades, people have been displaced as a result of natural and man-made disasters. It was estimated that at the end of 2007 there were approximately 380,000 IDPs from the clashes of the 1990s alone.33 The 2007 post-election violence elicited the highest number of IDPs estimated at 663,921 people (245,416 households)34 with about 250,000 in camps. The table below captures some of the data around the various categories of IDPs in Kenya35 Kenya National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21* A/HRC/WG.6/21/KEN/1 November 2014 32 National Gender and Equality Commission ‘Whipping wisdom: A rapid assessment on violence against older persons in Kenya’ 2014 33 UN Human Rights Council ‘Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani-Mission to Kenya February 2012 A/HRC/19/54/Add.2 34 UN Human Rights Council ‘National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21* Kenya’ 2014 A/HRC/WG.6/21/KEN/1 35 Kenya National Human Rights Commission ‘Homeless at Home: a Human rights assessment of situation of internally displaced persons in Kenya’ 2011 31 | 126 |