Today the government through Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development, released a list of categories of vulnerable persons who will receive the Covid relief money for these 42 days of lockdown.
The Cabinet that sat yesterday, 28th June ,2021, at state house Entebbe has approved a list of categories of vulnerable groups of people who depend on daily earning that are going to benefit from money that is going to be sent to their phones from the Covid 19 task force.
According to minister of Gender Labour and Social Development Hon. Betty Amongi while addressing press at Uganda Media Center today revealed the list of the vulnerable groups.
“Cabinet identified the following categories of vulnerable persons who depend on daily earning and whose lives will be severely affected as a result of the current 42-day lockdown,”Amongi said.
The Minister named the following categories; 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 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, car washers, slum dwellers, street vendors, shoe shiners, orphans and vulnerable children.
Amongi added that a total of 501107 house holds are targeted in this exercise and money will be sent to phones of those whose lines are registered in their names,and each person is going to get 100,000 shs each.
“The cash transfer shall aim to reach 501,107 households which is 38% of the households in Kampala Metropolitan Area, all cities and municipalities,” Amongi said.
According to Among, this shs100,000 was accounted 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.
“Those whose National Identification Numbers(NINs) don’t correspond with the mobile money account details shall access funds through Post Bank vans.”
Amongi also added that registration of data will begin tomorrow 30- 4th July and it will be collected door to door and sending money on people’s phones will begin on 6th july 2021.
According to the minister,the Ministry of Gender together with UBOS will guide cities and municipalities on the number of persons to be selected using data from the two clerks and UBOS whereas the KCCA Executive Director, town clerks, city clerks and municipal trucks will be responsible for the integrity of the data provided.