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Foreword

Stakeholders have exhibited
commitment to serve the people
of Uganda and their interest in

supporting effective coordination
of social protection interventions Aggrey david Kibenge
as we strive to build a national
social protection system. Permanent Secretary, Ministry
of Gender, Labour and Social
Development

the national single registry

is a landmark achievement for

social protection in Uganda

n behalf of the Ministry of Gender, Uganda (NITA-U), the Ministry of Information,
Labour and Social Development Communications, Technology and National
and on my own behalf, I invite Guidance (MICT&NG), the Ministry of Public Service
you, dear reader, to this maiden (MoPS), the Ministry of Finance, Planning and
Oissue of the Social Protection Economic Development (MoFPED), the National

Newsletter that documents activities of the Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA)
National Single Registry for Social Protection. as well as the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS);
Stakeholders have exhibited commitment to which have worked as a team with support from
the nsr of social
serve the people of Uganda and their interest our development partners including the United
protection is a in supporting effective coordination of social Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food
unified platform protection interventions as we strive to build a Programme (WFP) and the United Kingdom
where common national social protection system. (UK) Department for Foreign and International
In 2015, Cabinet approved the National Social Development (DFID), and IrishAID which have
and essential
Protection Policy and alongside it a programme worked as a team to achieve this.
information across
Plan of Interventions. The policy was launched The National Social Protection Policy outlines
all social protection by H.E the Vice President on 2nd March, 2016. Government’s vision for a well-coordinated
programmes in Among the commitments in the policy was national social protection system. The policy
Uganda will be development of a National Single Registry as and its 5-year programme Plan of Interventions
stored, analyzed an instrument for enhancing coordination and (PPI) outline the following objectives:
reducing duplication in service delivery. The first one is to increase access to social
and reported for
It is, therefore, gratifying for the Ministry security; comprising direct income support and
the benefit of all of Gender, Labour and Social Development contributory social insurance.
stakeholders. (MGLSD) and all social protection stakeholders The second one is to enhance care, protection
to register this land mark achievement after a and support for vulnerable people; and the third
protracted process spanning more than three one is to strengthen the institutional framework
years. I wish to congratulate the MGLSD and for social protection service delivery.
all other Government of Uganda institutions With support from our Development partners,

including the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), my Ministry as lead Government entity for social

the National Information Technology Authority- protection embarked on a process to develop the

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