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.
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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
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More female senior citizens benefited from the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) in the 2023/24 Financial Year.
According to the Ministry of Finance's latest figures released last week,