COMMUNITY Development and Social Services Minister Doreen Mwamba says people are resisting the transition to digital payments of the social cash transfer. Mwamba says government has deliberately removed people from the social cash transfer programme because there were duplicate entries. In an interview, Mwamba said government would actually be able to reach out to more vulnerable people if the beneficiaries received their money through digital platforms. “Today as I am speaking to you, we are sitting at 1,375,000 households and still scaling up. Immediately we surpass one million, it’s practically impossible for you to pay cash on the desk. You create a counter and pay people, how many days is it going to take? We said let’s go digital. Congo,...

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