Nile Post
  • News
    • 2021 Elections Watch
      • The Election Podcast
    • Education
    • Exclusive
    • Investigations
    • Security
  • Business
  • Opinions
    • Columns
      • Parting Shot
      • Two Sides of a Coin
      • Bazanye’s Quick Shots
      • But this Year!
  • Global
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • The Americas
  • East Africa
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • South Sudan
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Health
      • Coronavirus outbreak
    • Tour & Travel
    • Love Therapist
    • Homes
    • Reviews
  • Tech
  • Special Reports
    • Kabaka Mutebi’s 25th Coronation Series
    • Focus on Somalia
    • Sino-Africa
    • Uganda at 56
    • Anti-Corruption Fight
    • Age Limit Map
    • Tuve Ku Kaveera
  • Sports
    • Place-It
    • StarTimes Uganda Premier League
    • Bundesliga
    • World Cup
  • Jobs
  • Archives
  • Live
No Results Found
View All Results
  • News
    • 2021 Elections Watch
      • The Election Podcast
    • Education
    • Exclusive
    • Investigations
    • Security
  • Business
  • Opinions
    • Columns
      • Parting Shot
      • Two Sides of a Coin
      • Bazanye’s Quick Shots
      • But this Year!
  • Global
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • The Americas
  • East Africa
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • South Sudan
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Health
      • Coronavirus outbreak
    • Tour & Travel
    • Love Therapist
    • Homes
    • Reviews
  • Tech
  • Special Reports
    • Kabaka Mutebi’s 25th Coronation Series
    • Focus on Somalia
    • Sino-Africa
    • Uganda at 56
    • Anti-Corruption Fight
    • Age Limit Map
    • Tuve Ku Kaveera
  • Sports
    • Place-It
    • StarTimes Uganda Premier League
    • Bundesliga
    • World Cup
  • Jobs
  • Archives
  • Live
No Results Found
View All Results
Nile Post
No Results Found
View All Results

Ministry of Finance Tasked to Develop Plan to Manage Refugee Numbers

Nassali Fatiah by Nassali Fatiah
June 27, 2018 at 6:38 am
in News, Security
20 killed in DR Congo violence, fighting spreads to Virunga Wildlife Park

Refugees from DRC crossing into Uganda

Civil society organizations are urging government to stop treating the refugee issue like a humanitarian situation and come up with a clear financing workplans to cater to refugees.

Julius Mukunda, the executive director CSBAG, said that there is a lot of money being spent on refugees from both government and funders but no one is in position to account for it.

He adds that Uganda has had refugees for decades and it is high time the Ministry of Finance came up with a long term workplan to support them sustainably.

Following the implementation of an open door policy, refugee’s numbers have grown 1.4 million refugees according to the 2017 reports from the Office of the Prime Minister.

Currently Uganda has over 986,626 refugees from South Sudan, 236,406 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Eritrea among other 83 % being hosted by Yumba,Arua and Adjumani districts.

“The fast growing refugee population has continued to strain Uganda’s modest resources and such Uganda relies heavily on external support to fund the refugee operations,” noted Julius Mukunda.

In the financial year 2016/2017 the office of the prime minister spent over 1.4 million shillings on refugee management, and United Nations development programme (UNDP)is estimated Uganda’s expenditure on refugee in the same financial year over 1,130 billion.

“Data on financing refugee response in Uganda is fragmented and insufficient with each implementing partner keeping their expenditure data at the institutional level, this makes hard to effectively track flows,” added CSBAG’s John Mark Agong.

Mukunda suggested a synchronized standard for financing refugees and reporting about the funds. He said this would make it easier for the country to anticipate and meet needs of the refugees and the host districts.

Tags: office of the prime ministeropen door policyOPMrefugee influxrefugee moneyrefugee needsrefugee numbersuganda open door policyuganda refugees

Related Posts

MPs want House recalled from recess over wave of kidnaps, murders
News

Parliament halts passing of supplementary budget

by Sam Ibanda Mugabi
February 10, 2021
0

Parliament has halted the passing of a Shs 291 billion supplementary budget part of which was for procurement of the...

Read more
Bulambuli: Landslide survivors yearning to engage in productive activities

Bulambuli: Government to phase out relief food distribution in Bunambutye

September 13, 2020
OPM officials involved in Covid-19 relief food scam slapped with fresh charges

OPM officials involved in Covid-19 relief food scam slapped with fresh charges

July 9, 2020
Posho, beans found at home of OPM official accused of Covid-19 relief food irregularities 

Posho, beans found at home of OPM official accused of Covid-19 relief food irregularities

April 11, 2020
Over 100 families to be relocated to Bulambuli settlement

Covid-19: OPM Permanent Secretary Guwatudde arrested for inflating prices for relief food

April 9, 2020

Discussion about this post

Follow Us

  • 179.2k Fans
  • 158.9k Followers
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement

Latest

Kyambogo University to import 15 Cuban lecturers, each to earn Shs 7 million per month

Lt Col Nakalema probes Kyambogo University bosses for manipulating ICT project

March 5, 2021
Uganda receives 864000 doses of vaccines from COVAX

Uganda receives 864000 doses of vaccines from COVAX

March 5, 2021
Midwife who saved so many babies loses her life giving birth

Midwife who saved so many babies loses her life giving birth

March 5, 2021
Bobi Wine was only playing games when he filed poll petition- Museveni lawyers

Bobi Wine was only playing games when he filed poll petition- Museveni lawyers

March 5, 2021
Bobi Wine: I received information of plans to kidnap my children

Museveni already won, no need to pay him costs – Bobi Wine lawyers

March 5, 2021
cocacola-ad-safebodacocacola-ad-safebodacocacola-ad-safeboda

Featured

Bobi Wine was only playing games when he filed poll petition- Museveni lawyers
2021 Elections Watch

Bobi Wine was only playing games when he filed poll petition- Museveni lawyers

by Kenneth Kazibwe
March 5, 2021
0

Lawyers representing President Yoweri Museveni have told the...

Supreme Court okays Bobi Wine’s request to withdraw poll petition

March 5, 2021
Growing up in slums: Why children pay the ultimate price

Why kids raised from Katanga succeed in life and those from Kololo fail

March 5, 2021
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
Call us: +256-417-720-101

© 2020 Nile Post Uganda Ltd. - A Next Media Services Company.

No Results Found
View All Results
  • News
    • 2021 Elections Watch
      • The Election Podcast
    • Education
    • Exclusive
    • Investigations
    • Security
  • Business
  • Opinions
    • Columns
      • Parting Shot
      • Two Sides of a Coin
      • Bazanye’s Quick Shots
      • But this Year!
  • Global
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • The Americas
  • East Africa
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • South Sudan
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Health
      • Coronavirus outbreak
    • Tour & Travel
    • Love Therapist
    • Homes
    • Reviews
  • Tech
  • Special Reports
    • Kabaka Mutebi’s 25th Coronation Series
    • Focus on Somalia
    • Sino-Africa
    • Uganda at 56
    • Anti-Corruption Fight
    • Age Limit Map
    • Tuve Ku Kaveera
  • Sports
    • Place-It
    • StarTimes Uganda Premier League
    • Bundesliga
    • World Cup
  • Jobs
  • Archives
  • Live

© 2020 Nile Post Uganda Ltd. - A Next Media Services Company.