BACKGROUND

Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) is a social Protection Programme implemented by the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development

Namayingo District was among the rollout Districts under the implementation of Senior Citizens Grant and started implementation in Financial Year 2015/16. The Programme started with the 100 oldest persons in each of the nine-lower local governments. In the Financial year, 2018/19 the Programme moved to the 80+ cluster and all the older persons who were of age 80+ and belonged to the NIRA database captured by the Programme were enrolled. The Beneficiaries are entitled to 25,000/= monthly which is paid by the Government of Uganda through Centenary Bank.

The programme has disbursed funds to the beneficiaries to the period up to the month of March 2021

OVERALL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE

DISTRICT ENROLLMENT

FUNDS DISBURSEMENT

Challenges

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Inadequate transport means to the Sub county CDOs to carry out mobilization and monitoring

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Failure by the Programme to use the Older Persons coordination structures in the mobilization and monitoring. The Programme had earlier on sensitized and planned for these structures but the implementation has never been done which makes the older persons leadership demotivated in participating in the Programme activities.

Recommendation

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The Programme should find possible means of utilizing the Older Persons Structures for effective mobilization and monitoring