
The aim of social assistance is minimum income protection (a "safety net") for particularly poor and excluded people. Social assistance is mainly given on the basis of need and is often subject to means-testing.
The aim of social security is to maintain the income of individuals by providing them with earnings-related benefits derived from contributions
Finance and manage healthcare based on risk pooling. It pools the health risks of the people on the one hand and the contributions of individuals, households, enterprises
National Social Protection Secretariat
ACK Parking Silo,
Opp. NSSF Building 9th Flr
Phone: 2723011, 0772092971, 0735564408
P.O. Box 16936-00100 GPO, NAIROBI
E-mail: info@socialprotection.or.ke