Single mothers now want the government to consider them as a special group to enable them benefit from the welfare programme meant to provide social protection to special groups.
Nancy Ziggie a single mother from mathare slums says most of them who reside from the slums have an uphill task catering for their children.
She observes that they survive on manual jobs in order to fend for their families adding that the fund by the government will go a long way in boosting their daily incomes
Ziggy who is a commercial sex worker also decries the harsh conditions under which they work citing Nairobi county askaris as their major impediment to their trade.
AUTHOR: EDGAR