Selected Elderly Beneficiaries receive their SAGE benefits in kikuube district.

The Elderly Beneficiaries in Kikuube District have today 22nd of November 2021 began receiving their SAGE benefits.

The exercise which kicked off today morning commenced with Kyangwali Subcounty and it is going to cross cut around the entire district of Kikuube.

The Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) is part of the Social protection program Implemented by the Government of the Republic of Uganda under the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development.

Scovia Bahati an Operations Officer from the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development revealed that the exercise is going to cater for the age bracket of 80 years and above.

Bahati added that; they will pay for only three months compared to the usual were they having paying for six Months since the first three months were left with Post bank which first handled SAGE payments before Centenary bank taking over the contract in April this year.

Florah Mpabaisi the Senior Assistant CAO Buhimba Subcounty expressed concern on how the elders spend there money who advised them to desist from alcohol drinking habits inorder for the money to fulfill it's intended purpose.

Meanwhile Abu Solomu a resident of Buhuka Parish requested the Government of Uganda to reduce the concent age to at least 75 years stating that at the age of 76 he can neither Graze nor dig for his survival.