At least 20,000 vulnerable Ugandans are set to miss out on the Shs 100,000 Covid-19 relief cash token from the government after the system rejected their details.
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja yesterday officiated the launch of the disbursement exercise for the relief cash token where Geoffrey Oloya, a boda boda rider from Gulu became the first beneficiary.
Betty Amongi, the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development said that the system rejected at least 20,000 on day one noting that some of them had names that did not match with the identification registered with telecom companies.
Amongi said that the government is using an advanced system with the help of banks and telecommunications companies which automatically reject any contacts whose data does not match with the NIN.
Amongi said that by close of business yesterday, 5,074 people had received their money through mobile money and over 150,000 contacts had been validated and verified to receive their money as the process continues.
By the end of the process, the government expects to target at least 500,000 households.
