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dIreCTor’S PerSPeCTIVe

The elderly continued not been without any challenges. Allow me share the consultants could not carry out pre-planned
receiving their payment with you the following challenges which we activities like benchmarking studies.
despite the Covid-19
Pandemic. They encountered in the design of the NSR. iii. We were also very challenged with the lack of
observed SOPs like i. The involvement of multiple stakeholders a single geographical and administrative location
social distancing and meant complex consultative processes and some master list across all social protection programmes.
hand washing among
others. of these required patience and enough time to This meant that generation of uniform reports on
be concluded well. the NSR was difficult. We, however, solved this by
ii. The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) working closely with UBOS who regularly provide
pandemic occasioned delays and uncertainty us with up-to-date list.
on the project schedules. The lockdown/travel iv. We also faced a challenge of some
restrictions also meant that Ministry staff and programmes using National Identification
Numbers (NINs) for identification of beneficiaries
while others did not. Now, however, before
integration into the NSR, it is a requirement for
beneficiaries to possess a NIN.
Special thanks to our development partner’s,
DFID/UKAID, Irish Aid; the World Bank and WFP
for providing us the necessary technical, financial
and human resources to enable us accomplish this
critical assignment for the Government of Uganda.
The technical team and ICT Unit have worked
tirelessly in making the NSR a reality.
I wish to reaffirm the commitment of the Ministry
in delivering on enhancing provision of social
protection to address risks and vulnerabilities.
To achieve this, we shall continue strengthening
coordination, networking and collaboration with
all our stakeholders and ensure that no Ugandan
is left behind.

For god and my country

Social Protection neWSletter 07