Over 300,000 senior citizens benefit from SAGE

“Under SAGE, a total of 302,820 senior citizens (188,406 females and 114,414 males) benefitted from the grant across the country,” the Ministry of Finance Outlook for the 2023/24 Financial Year indicates.

Uganda in the 2017 census registered about 1.3 million older persons above the age of 60 years and the population is projected to double by 2040. File photo