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A society where communities are empowered and vulnerable groups enjoy equal rights, opportunities and a high quality of life.

To coordinate community empowerment and promote the rights and welfare of vulnerable persons, as a fundamental part of national development through provision of social protection services.

The State Department is mandated with:

• Social protection and assistance policy;
• Promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities
• Administration of the by law established for with disabilities;
• Oversee compliance with the rights of the elderly and TOMAL with disabilities including timely receipt of social protection entitlements;
• Protection and advocacy of needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities;
• Full integration of older and disabled persons in the affairs of society;
• Development and co-ordination. Of implementation of policy and programmes on senior citizens and ageing;
• Co-ordination of eradication of ageism, elder and harassment, and protection from harmful traditional practices;
• Coordinating accessibility compliance including spatial design of budlings and other structures for use by the elderly and persons with disabilities;
• Championing development of assistive technology disabilities and devices for persons with to maximize their socio- economic participation, independence and personal development
• Vocational training rehabilitation persons with disabilities;
• Oversight of elderly and persons with disability caregivers and rehabilitation institutions;
• Policy co-ordination, management and sustenance of volunteerism and embedding it within the national socio-economic policies;
• Development of policy and co-ordination of community and home-based care programmes for the elderly and persons disabilities;
• Registration of Self-help groups;
• Social assistance need assessment and creation of opportunities and engagement of the elderly and persons with disabilities in work and other gainful activities;
• Assistance to the elderly and persons with disabilities in accessing the justice system;
• Co-ordination of development of lean, decentralized, simple, and dignified processes and procedures for access to elderly and persons with disability services;
• Co-ordination of development and management of adult education programmes
• Administer the Community Groups Registration Act (Chapter 108A, Laws of Kenya).

• Customer focused;
• Result Oriented;
• Sensitivity to vulnerable groups;
• Stakeholder’s participation;
• Transparency & accountability.