568 million shillings was disbursed to 84 women groups before the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 but only 186 million shillings has since been recovered, according to statistics from the district community services department.
Speaking at the launch of the study that ends in March 2028 on Thursday, Rawlence Ndejjo a Research Fellow based at Makerere University School of Public Health said the study will be conducted in Mbale and Mbarara cities to among others assess how social and health systems are impacted by youth migration.
Those with common businesses but running impressively will be in position to get loans, while “unique” enterprises will access up to a maximum of shs 200 million grants, depending on the category.
Tabitha Akello, a businesswoman dealing in supply of stationery in Kumi district says that whereas the government has introduced different projects targeting women empowerment, there’s hope in the GROW project because of its flexibility especially in considering individuals.
The Minister for Gender, Labour, and Social Development, Betty Amongi in the General Notice No. 2158 of 2022 dated December 9, 2022, to The Uganda Gazette indicated that Emolot is now the new Paramount Chief for the Iteso.
While addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Wednesday, Uganda's Ambassador to the Emirates Wanume Zaake Kibedi, said that the UAE government granted a three months’ amnesty effective August to all illegal Ugandan migrants to surrender and be deported.
The soldiers were deployed in 2018 to evict illegal encroachers from Maruzi ranch in Apac District. The Ranch established in 1968 between Ibuje and Akokoro Sub Counties in Apac District, covers 64 square miles (40,960 acres) across 11 villages, with 1,536 households.
A total of 29.2 billion out of the UWEP budget of 32 billion had been transferred from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development leaving 2.98 billion only for the administrative costs.
A report prepared by police and local leaders from different health facilities across the district indicates that 5,375 cases were registered from January 2020 up to September 2021.
According to Opio, they have registered more than 100 cases of child abuse since this year began. Seventy of these are defile cases from Abongomola, Aduku, and Inomo sub-counties. He says that they are working closely with parents, local leaders, Police and different Civil Society Organisations to address the challenge.
According to statistics from January to December 2020 from the office of the District Community Development Officer, 2,908 girls below 17 years visited a hospital for antenatal care since the closure of schools in March.
Steven Kasaija, the SAGE coordinator at the Ministry of Gender noted that riding on lessons from districts in the Northern and Eastern part of the country which were covered first, the government was convinced to bring onboard the elderly in districts of the central and southern regions where the need is also high.
More than 10,000 elders have enrolled for SAGE in the four districts, totalling to 28,428 beneficiaries in Teso Sub Region. There are more than 1.6 million elders enrolled under SAGE across the country.
Through the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment, the government pays senior citizens above 65-years of age a monthly stipend of 25,000 Shillings. However, the elders in Katakwi say they have not received their stipend for five months, partly because of the COVID-19 lockdown.
It is estimated that there are over 1 million people with hearing impairments in Uganda. But less than 500,000 of them are able to receive services in hospitals, schools, police stations and local governments due to language barriers.