The Min­istry of the Peo­ple, So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices has reaf­firmed its com­mit­ment to as­sist­ing cit­i­zens af­fect­ed by sweep­ing pro­gramme changes that have trig­gered sig­nif­i­cant job loss­es across the coun­try.

In the past two weeks alone, over 10,000 CEPEP work­ers lost their jobs fol­low­ing the ter­mi­na­tion of con­trac­tors, while 4,608 forestry work­ers were dis­missed, and 140 change agents at­tached to the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment were let go.

Amid grow­ing pub­lic con­cern and me­dia scruti­ny over the so­cio-eco­nom­ic and emo­tion­al fall­out of the mass ter­mi­na­tions, the Min­istry said it con­tin­ues to pro­vide tar­get­ed ser­vices for vul­ner­a­ble in­di­vid­u­als and fam­i­lies fac­ing dis­tress, loss, or un­cer­tain­ty.