Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja will today kick off the disbursement of UGx 100,000 Covid relief cash to vulnerable Ugandans from selected cities and municipalities in various parts of the country.
The Minister for Gender, Betty Amongi on Tuesday announced the exercise would start today, Thursday but on Wednesday, the State Minister for Gender, Charles Engola said because of the need to verify the lists of vulnerable persons who are to receive the money; the program had been postponed to next week.
However, on Wednesday evening, the Ministry of Gender said the exercise would go on as scheduled today.
“The payment of the Covid relief funds will commence tomorrow, Thursday, July 8, 2021, as earlier scheduled,” the ministry said in a tweet.
“Several cleaned lists have been received from across the country, the online payment system is up and running, the funds are available, and therefore payment will go on.”
Amongi further confirmed the development while appearing on NBS TV’s Morning Breeze show earlier today.
“I want to assure Ugandans that payment begins today and the Prime Minister will launch this process today at 10: 00 am. We agreed to relax the date of data verification from July 10th not the payment. From today, whatever data has been verified, money will be dispatched. We want a thorough process with accountability,”she said.
She noted that by yesterday, only Entebbe, Kira and Gulu municipalities had been able to partially finish the process and submit part of the lists of their beneficiaries.
