Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elderly persons receiving the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment are mostly spending the money they are given to pay school fees for children under their care instead of using the funds to improve on their livelihoods. The sad but commendable revelation was made during the …
Read More »2,900 to benefit from SAGE program in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,900 elderly persons have been registered to benefit from the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment-SAGE program in Kampala. This is the first time that the elderly persons in Kampala are enrolled to benefit from the program since its inception 10 years ago. …
Read More »SAGE beneficiaries in Lango struggle to access payment citing long distances
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment- SAGE program in Lango are struggling to access payment due to the long distances. In Lango sub-region, 22,042 persons are benefiting from the program with an additional 7,264 expected to be enrolled from the districts …
Read More »2,000 elderly persons to benefit from SAGE program in Bunyangabu
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,425 elderly persons have been registered to benefit from the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment-SAGE program in Hoima district. The State Minister for Gender and Culture who doubles as the Bunyangabu district Woman MP Peace Regis Mutuuzo says that the beneficiaries were …
Read More »Govt gives Sh360 million to Bunyangabu old persons, reassures nation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Gender and Culture Affairs. Peace Regis Mutuuzo has reassured all older persons facing challenges in accessing the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) of Government’s commitment to ensure that they are paid. The Minister noted that some persons …
Read More »2,500 elderly persons to benefit from SAGE program in Hoima
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,500 elderly persons have been registered to benefit from the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment-SAGE program in Hoima district. Through the initiative, the government extends monthly stipend of 25,000 Shillings to senior citizens aged 80 and above to support them through poverty …
Read More »MPs query SAGE roll out schedules
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament have raised concerns over the roll-out plan for the Social Assistance Grants for empowerment programme- SAGE. Through the grants, the government gives out a monthly stipend of 25,000 Shillings to persons aged above eighty in different …
Read More »Older persons in Bukomansimbi receive first SAGE payment
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was jubilation and ululations at the Bukomansimbi district headquarters Thursday as old persons in the district received their first payments of the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE). The payments, issued by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development as a component …
Read More »Post Bank starts disbursement of grants to senior citizens
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Post Bank Uganda has kicked off the disbursement of government grants to senior citizens aged 80 years and above following the roll out of Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) in Teso-sub region, it said on June 30. Peace Mutuuzo, the State Minister for …
Read More »Four districts in Teso added on list of SAGE beneficiaries
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four other districts in Teso sub region have been added to the Social Assistance Grants and Empowerment- SAGE program. The districts include Bukedea, Ngora, Serere and Soroti. They are among the 14 more districts that were added on the list of SAGE program countrywide. …
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