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Gender, Labour and Social Development Minister Frank Tumwebaze hands over a cheque worth Shs.147,360,000 to be handed over to
Quest Digital Finance Limited. Looking on is the Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Hon. Florence Nakiwala (right) and Director
Social Protection, James Ebitu (left). Quest Digital Finance Limited operates Akello banker, a data-driven mobile and web-based digital
platform that enables low-income earners including farmers, youth, women and disabled persons to access mechanized agricultural services,
improved seeds and medical services on credit.
These policies provide the following by regulating the collection, processing and
guidance: retention of personal information by state and
• Uganda Vision 2040 emphasises the need non-state actors, within and outside Uganda.
to catalyse a “Whole-of-Government”
transformation by putting as many government the 2019 data WFP’s Digital Programmatic Objectives
services online as possible and promoting protection and The World Food Programme (WFP) aims to
open standards for software development. privacy act aims to support the government achieve its digital
• The NDP III has specific targets to: increase ICT protect individuals transformation objectives through an increased
penetration, reduce the cost of ICT services, and their personal focus on capacity and system strengthening,
create jobs in the ICT sector, and increase including systems and business processes for
the proportion of the population accessing data by regulating delivering assistance through digital tools. This
services online and government services the collection, builds on WFP’s global knowledge and experience
available online. processing in implementing digital assistance services for its
• Digital Uganda Vision provides a unified and retention programmes, partners and governments.
direction for IT development as well as of personal This is reflected in WFP’s strategic objective:
an integrated approach to ICT project information by Strengthened information systems that support
implementation, by aligning IT investments design, implementation, and monitoring
across sectors to improve Uganda’s global state and non-state mechanisms along the delivery chain of
ICT indices to ultimately attract investment. actors, within and Government social protection programmes,
• The NSPP highlights the need to “develop outside Uganda. including their utilisation to respond to shocks
structures, systems and institutions for delivery more effectively.
of social protection services at all levels” to Achieving this objective is important
support strengthening the institutional because the benefits of government-led digital
framework for social protection service delivery. transformation are well documented and show
• The 2019 Data Protection and Privacy Act aims improved cost-efficiency, cost-effectiveness and
to protect individuals and their personal data

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