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Fruits of NRM: Gov’t Launches SAGE Program In Bunyangabu District

Fruits of NRM: Gov’t Launches SAGE Program In Bunyangabu District

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By Elite News Reporter The elderly people in Uganda are already reaping  the fruits of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government  after the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) rolled out the Social Assistance and Empowerment Grant) also know as SAGE program. Under this program, the government of Uganda is giving out money to elderly people in all districts of the country, as one ways to help them cope up with life, especially during this period of the COVID-19 lockdown. As such, officials from the Gender Ministry under the guidance of Minister Frank Tumwebaze, have since been going around the country, launching the SAGE program in each district. Minister Peace Mutuuzo witnesses the handing out of SAGE money to beneficiaries in Bunyangab...