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The primary target beneficiaries of UWEP are women within the age bracket of 18-65 years. The assumption is that those beyond 65 years
will be catered for under the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) of Elderly Persons programme.
National Single Registry (NSR) in place, provide information that will be used in amongst all Single Registry stakeholders
MGLSD is now well positioned to reporting, planning and decision making and Users which has not been the case
interface with other National Systems in Government. before.
like identification and Registration system Through the UGhub, the National It is important to note that the existence
at NIRA, SMS Gateway, Payment Gateway Single Registry (NSR) is able to access of services of a Payment Gateway on the
and UGhub (for integration) at NITA-U, information of interest from other UGhub where the National Single Registry
PMIS at Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Management Information Systems (MIS) (NSR) is as well integrated will ease the
and many other systems in sectors of on the platform like data from NIRA, payment processes given that the
Education, Health, Agriculture, etc. Education Management Information verification process of the beneficiaries
The establishment of the National System (EMIS), Health Management using the NIN will be made easy since
Single Registry (NSR) plays a critical role in Information System (HMIS), UBOS NIRA System will also be available on
the operations of the UGhub (Integration Information systems and all other the UGhub.
Platform). This Platform (UGhub) will Management Information Systems under By and large, the harmonisation of
interface with the different information the Office of the Prime Minister. Management Information Systems under
systems or software applications (such NITA-U, in addition, has another the National Single Registry (NSR) comes
as the National Single Registry (NSR) resourceful system that will be along with enormous benefits that will
so that they are able to talk to each accessed over the UGhub platform be “game changers” at the Ministry of
other and provide seamless government called SMS Gateway that will ease in the Gender, Labour and Social Development
services for the citizens as is elsewhere communication with the end-users of all and the Country at Large. It is my humble
in the world. The National Single information systems on the Integration prayer that all Ugandans receive the
Registry (NSR) will provide a Gateway Platform that may wish to use it. Pushing National Single Registry (NSR) positively
for all Systems under Ministry of Gender, information through the SMS Gateway and strive to see it succeed against all
Labour and Social Development to the on the Integration Platform will come in odds.
UGhub. With such developments in handy for the National Single Registry With meticulous implementation and
place, the National Single Registry (NSR) (NSR) and its Users ultimately enabling support to the National Single Registry
will then be in position to seamlessly quick and easy information dissemination (NSR) initiative, I see Uganda in the near

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