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ISS 52255/01 25th July, 2018 The Clerk to Porlioment, The Porlioment of Ugondo, KAMPATA.

THE REPUBLIC OF UGANOA tr- Oc.\r.


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MINISTER OF FINANCE, PTANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVEI.OPMENT ON THE NATIONAI ROTTOUT OF SOCIAT ASSISTANCE GRANT FOR EMPOWERMENT (SAGE) lmoke reference to your leller Ref: AB/'|,86/186/01 doted 2lstJune, 2018 rn regord to the stotement on the Notionol Roll out of lhe Soclol Assistonce Gront for Empowerment (SAGE)to oll drslricts in the Country.

The purpose of this communrcotron rs to forword the ottoched stotement which lwill presenl on the floor of Porlroment ol o dote you wrll odvise.
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ItitMtTER oF FINANcE.pTANNTNG AND EcoNomtc DEVEIopMENT Copy lo: The Rt.

Hon, Speoker, Porlioment of Ugondo, The Rt.

Hon.

Deputy Speoker, Porliomeni of Ugondo, The Rt.

Hon.

Prime Minister/Leoder of Government Business, The Hon.

Leoder of the Opposition in Porlroment, The Hon.

Governmenl Chief Whip, The Hon Mrnrster of Gender,Lobour ond Sociol Developmenl, The Hon.

Opposrlion Chief Whip, The Permonenl Secretory/Secretory 1o the Treosury.
lVtesnn ' To fo.tnulote sound ecohoh'c patrcpt, ndonEe terenae mobfi:atton, tnsure elicent allocatbn and accounhbnryfot ptbltc reyturces soo: to achse the nostruDld and susranabl..co ontc erc\ h nnd da.loDh.nt STATEMENT BY HON.

MINISTER OF FINANCE, PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVETOPMENT ON THE NATIONAI ROTI.OUT Of SOCIAT ASSISTANCE GRANT FOR EMPOWERMENT (SAGE) Rt.

Hon.

Speoker; Hon.

Members will recoll thot on l9tn June 20,l8, Hon.

Brntu Jolio Lukumu, MP Mosindi, soughl clorificolion from the Hon.
Minrsler of Gender, Lobour ond Sociol Development on whether Socrol Assistonce Gront for Empowerment (SAGE) will be rolled out to oll drstricts.

The Rt.

Hon.

Speoker, refened the motier to me ond directed me to moke o comprehensive stotement on this issue to this ougusl house.

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Colleogues, on lTth Jonuory, 2018, the Minrstry of Gender, Lobour ond Sociol Development submitted o Cobinet Memorondum to my Minrslry, seeking for cleoronce of o Certificole of Finonciol lmplicotions to pove woy for the notronol rollout of SAGE, 3.

Rt.

Hon.

Speoker, SAGE is currenlly implemented in 47 Drskrcls ond coters for older persons obove 65 yeors.

ln tolol 153.649 Senior Cilizens receive UShs.25,000 per month ot o cosl of Ushs.32,88bn, includrng operotronol costs.
At ihis level of finoncing, Government is expenencing o funding gop of Ushs.

7.4bn bosed on the Memorondum of Understondrng with the Development Portners supportrng the progromme.

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Rl.

Hon.

Speoker, the proposol for rolloul of SAGE to oll distrlcts in the Country wrll leod Io o 133.2% increose in the number of benefrcrories from lhe cunent 153,649 to 358,420 Senror Cttizens.

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The notionol rollout proposol wos os follows r) ir) The older persons (ot 65 yeors ond obove) currently receiving suppori in 4/ districts will conlinue to recerve the support; Addrionol older persons to be enrolled in oll lhe dislricts, will be B0 yeors ond obove in order to fit within ihe resources.

On the bosrs of this, the projected number of older persons wrll be 204.771; ond, rii) The tolol estimoted finonciol implicotion is Ushs.l 42,46bn.
ln the Current orrongement, the Donors commilted to remrt Ushs 55.05bn, while GoU committed to fund Ushs.

40.34bn which would leove o funding gop of Ushs.47.07bn, in the budget for FY20l8/,l9.

o Given thot wilh the cunent numbers being supported there is o funding gop of Ushs.7.4bn.

o decision to undertoke o noiionol roll out of SAGE, which requires on oddilionol UShs.47.07bn, would imply o cumulotive funding gop of Ushs.

54.47bn.

This shortfoll could not be occommodoted in the budget for FY 201Bl19.
Given lhis finonciol constroint, Rt.

Hon.

Speoker, we need o more sustoinoble oplion lo enoble Government to continuously coter for older persons under SAGE progromme of ter expiry of the Donor support.

My Ministry wos, therefore.

unoble to issue o Certifrcote of Frnoncrol lmplicotions cleonng the roll out of SAGE.

lnsteod, the Minrstry of Gender, Lobour ond Sociol Development wos odvised to further consider on optron thol would sustoinobly frt wrthrn our TesourceS.

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Hon Speoker, os o woy foword, my Minrstry odvrses thol; o) For FY 2018/19, Government should mointoln the currenl poce of rollout within the ovoiloble funds over the Medium Term; ond, b) ln the course of thrs FY 2O18119, the Mrnrstry of Gender, Lobour ond Sociol Development in consultotion wrth my Mrnistry ond other stokeholders, will undertoke further review of the proposed nolionol roll oul of SAGE with o vrew to coming up wiih o sustoinoble funding model ocross oll drstrrcts, when the donor support phoses out.
Rt Hon.

Speoker, I beg to submit.