President William Ruto has directed the urgent enrollment of thousands of families from Kenya's minority and marginalized communities into existing cash transfer programs. This initiative, announced on Thursday, December 18, 2025, during International Minorities Day celebrations at State House, Nairobi, aims to strengthen household resilience and dignity for these communities.

• The directive targets groups such as the Ogiek, Sengwer, Yaaku, and coastal communities like the Arabs and Pemba, as well as pastoralists including the Somalis, Maasai, and Samburu.
• A Ksh 500 million National Minority Scholarship Programme will be established to support education for children from these communities.
• The government will cover Social Health Authority contributions for 200,000 vulnerable individuals and allocate Ksh 200 million annually for an Education Infrastructure Fund in marginalized areas.
• The Minority and Marginalized Affairs Unit within the Office of the President has been elevated to a semi-autonomous agency to coordinate these interventions.