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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>State minister for the Elderly and Disabled Sarah Kanyike has said government is reviewing the 80-years cut-off age for beneficiaries of the Senior Citizens Grant programme to at least 60 years to accommodate more older persons.<\/p>\n

The Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) scheme is a social welfare programme whose pilot was launched in 2010.<\/p>\n

A monthly stipend of Shs25,000 is given with intention to benefit the elderly, who lack stable sources of income, family support structures and live below the poverty line.<\/p>\n

Previously, 65-year-olds and above in 57 selected districts were receiving the funds monthly, however, effective July 1 last year, it was raised to 80 years to enable the programme roll out to all districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue of cut-off age of 80 years is being looked into by government and at an appropriate time, government will come back with a solution,\u201d Ms Kanyike said.<\/p>\n

Ms Kanyike said the current cut-off age of 80 years for SAGE beneficiaries leaves out a huge population of the vulnerable elderly.<\/p>\n

She was last week on a field visit to Kayunga District to witness the implementation of the SAGE programme.<\/p>\n

Ms Kanyike also interacted with SAGE beneficiaries who were receiving their Shs100,000 for the past four months at Seeta Primary School in Kangulumira Sub-County.<\/p>\n

Kayunga District is one of the districts where the programme started.<\/p>\n

Ms Kanyike said the senior citizens grant has been impactful on the lives of the beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThis is evident in areas of access to services such as education and healthcare, food and nutrition as well as production.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Seeta Primary School, many of the SAGE beneficiaries confessed that the programme had changed their lives with two of them saying they have been able to build houses for themselves.<\/p>\n

The minister, who commended the district for the successful implementation of the programme, said currently 304,155 older persons (179,750 females and 124,805 males) are benefiting from the grant countrywide.<\/p>\n

In Kayunga District alone, a total of 2,816 are beneficiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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