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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>World Bank last week announced that it will provide an additional $180.3 million (Shs640b) to Uganda to fight Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Of this $164.3m (about Shs581b) is a grant from the International Development Association, which includes $27m (Shs95.9b) for host communities and refugees, and $16m (Shs56.8b) to support essential health services.<\/p>\n

Mr Jim Mugunga, the Finance ministry spokesperson, told Daily Monitor yesterday that they had asked for money to buy more vaccines and maintain essential health services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are various activities under health that we will use the money to fund; ambulances, Covid-19 [vaccines], and some of it will go to management,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The World Bank said in a report on March 2021 that the $300 million (Shs1 trilion) released in 2020, was used to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic and protect the poor and vulnerable population.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe project complemented and leveraged support from other development partners including a Rapid Credit Facility of $490 million from the International Monetary Fund delivered in May 2020 to strengthen the foreign exchange reserves position and finance the national budget,\u201d the Bank report said. \u201cIt supported the roll-out of several social protection measures, including cash transfers to the elderly and temporary cash-for-work for informal sector workers in the main urban areas in the country and in flood-affected districts,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Ms Mukami Kariuki, the World Bank country manager for Uganda, said in the statement on December 16: \u201cThis upfront financing will help Uganda acquire vaccines from a range of sources to support the country\u2019s objective to acquire a portfolio of vaccines under the right conditions, which include value-for-money, with appropriate regulatory approvals, and a swift delivery time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe project will finance the deployment of the vaccines across the country to citizens and refugees free of cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vaccines will be acquired through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility and the African Union\u2019s Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT).<\/p>\n

The new financial package comes amid public concerns and queries from Members of Parliament about the management of finances for the Covid-19 response.<\/p>\n

Challenges<\/p>\n

The October 2020 Covid-19 intervention report by the Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU) in the Finance ministry indicated that although resources were given to the Health ministry for Covid-19 response, there was delayed service delivery and procurement of substandard items in addition to inflating commodity prices.<\/p>\n

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