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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will pay 50 Billion Shillings every week for the first five months to beneficiaries of the midterm access. This was revealed on Thursday by Betty Amongi, the Minister for Gender, Labor, and Social Development while announcing the guidelines, regulations, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of leaders in Gulu city are being investigated for manipulating the processes and disbursement of the Covid-19 relief cash. At least 11,472 people in Gulu city benefited from the Covid-19 relief cash that was distributed through the Office of the Prime Minister. The money …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts and the Local Government committee have raised concerns over the criteria that was used by Mbale city authorities to select beneficiaries of the Covid-19 relief cash. The city authorities led by the City Town Clerk David Kyasanku, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The political wing of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has criticized the government for the delayed disbursement of the COVID-19 relief to city residents and ongoing process to identify the beneficiaries. When the government announced plans to provide the COVID-19 relief fund, the Office of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some village chairpersons in Kampala have raised concern about the criterion and time allocated for identifying the beneficiaries of the COVID-19 relief fund from the government. They are worried that the criterion may live out many would-be beneficiaries. Recently, the government announced the proposal to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee have questioned the system being used to pay out funds to beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment programme. The MPs chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi were on Wednesday meeting officials from the Ministry …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district leaders are demanding for an expedited verification of Atiak sugar project beneficiaries. The sugar industry is a subsidiary company of Horyal Investment Holdings Company Limited and co-owned by the government of Uganda. It was founded in 2016 to work with over 4,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Northern Uganda is the least beneficiary of different government University sponsorship programs, a report by the Equal Opportunities Commission-EOC has revealed. It came during a meeting between the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and the EOC led its chairperson, Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi. In its 2018/2019 financial report, …