Uganda launches one-trillion-shilling anti-poverty programme
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Nile Post
Uganda has launched the fourth phase of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund, with a budget of one trillion shillings and a target of creating 860,000 jobs. The programme, due to run until December 2031 across nine sub-regions, is expected to strengthen the livelihoods of 1.8 million vulnerable people, according to its officials and the World Bank.
Uganda has launched the fourth phase of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund, a public anti-poverty programme with a budget of one trillion Ugandan shillings, Nile Post reports. The scheme covers nine sub-regions in the north and is due to operate until December 2031.
NUSAF IV aims to create 860,000 jobs and improve the resilience and livelihoods of 1.8 million vulnerable people. It covers the Acholi, West Nile, Lango, Teso, Karamoja, Elgon, Bukedi, Busoga and Bunyoro sub-regions.
In Gulu, World Bank official James Ebitu called on local authorities to ensure transparency and accountability. Local elected officials called for community land to be protected, climate change-related risks to be incorporated and vocational training for young people to be prioritised.
The permanent secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister, Alex Kakooza, warned against political favouritism, informal payments and the mismanagement of public funds. NUSAF was launched in 2003 to support reconstruction and poverty reduction in northern Uganda, Nile Post reports.
