Disbursement of Covid relief cash postponed to Thursday
The Minister for Gender, Betty Amongi has revealed that government has postponed the exercise for disbursement of Covid relief cash to Thursday at 10am.
Government identified 16 vulnerable groups eligible to receive shs Shs100,000 Covid-19 relief cash, whose disbursement was expected start today, Tuesday.
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However, addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Centre, Amongi said there have been delays in processing of the lists of beneficiaries.
“The basis of payment to beneficiaries is availability of data which is supposed to be received through town clerks. We would then be able to start payment on the basis of the substantial data received. However, by 2pm today, we had received 218,900 households uploaded to our system as the Ministry of Gender out of the 501,107 beneficiaries,”Amongi said.
The minister mentioned Gulu with 4191 beneficiaries and Kira Municipality with 1316 as the top districts who have already sent in the lists of beneficiaries.
Amongi said in Kampala, the lists have delayed because the data was first processed at division level , adding that by 2pm, no data had been received by the Gender Ministry.
“The meeting we had this morning, they(KCCA officials) assured us data is with them at town council and that 70% has been collected at division level and would be able to send it to the ministry. When we get this data today, we will be able to reach number of 50% of total number we expect,” she said.
“By tomorrow morning, we expect 70% of the data from across the country to be uploaded. On Thursday, July, 8, 2021, the function to launch the disbursement will be presided over by the Prime Minister at 10am. The first beneficiaries will start receiving their money on Thursday at 10am,”Amongi said.
Beneficiaries
Government named bus and taxi drivers plus conductors; baggage carriers, touts, wheelbarrow pushers, traffic guides and loaders in tax and bus parks, stages and other areas like Kikuubo.
The minister said that government will also send covid relief cash to barmen, DJs, barmaids, waiters, waitresses and bouncers, gym and restaurant workers, food vendors in tax, bus parks and arcades, musicians, comedians, producers, promoters, salon and massage parlour employees, teachers and support staff in in both government and private schools but are not on payroll, car washers, slum dwellers, street vendors, shoe shiners, orphans and vulnerable children.
According to government, only those in cities, municipalities and town councils will be catered for during the exercise where each household will receive shs100,000 to cater for the purchase of 20kg of posho at shs40,000, 10kg of beans for shs25000, a bar of soap at shs3000, a three-liter -jerrican of cooking oil for shs 12000 and the remaining shs20,000 to be used for other items at home.
