Denmark Donates Sh187b
Dec 23, 2002
DENMARK has given Uganda grants worth sh187b to support health, roads, water and sanitation programmes.
By Cyprian Musoke
DENMARK has given Uganda grants worth sh187b to support health, roads, water and sanitation programmes.
The secretary to the treasury, Chris Kasami, and the Danish Ambassador, Bjork Flemming Pedersen, signed the three grant agreements on December 18.
A statement from the Danish Embassy said a substantial part of the grant assistance would be directed towards northern Uganda.
According to the agreements, the health sector will receive 235m Danish Kroner (sh56b) over the next three-and-half years, with focus on primary health care and the drugs delivery system.
Part of the assistance will be provided through the Poverty Action Fund (PAF).
The roads sector will receive 250m Danish Kroner (sh60b) over the next five years, with focus on rehabilitation of national gravel roads, district roads and community access roads through labour intensive methods.
Training will also be accorded to private small-scale contractors and consultants at Mt. Elgon training centre in Mbale. 300m Kroner (sh71b) will go to the water and sanitation, focusing on water supply and sanitation in rural areas and small towns as well as on water resources management.
Denmark supports the agricultural sector as well as a projects aimed at promoting good governance and human rights.
The statement said Danish aid to Uganda would have hit sh70b by the end of the year. Denmark supports 15 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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DENMARK has given Uganda grants worth sh187b to support health, roads, water and sanitation programmes.
The secretary to the treasury, Chris Kasami, and the Danish Ambassador, Bjork Flemming Pedersen, signed the three grant agreements on December 18.
A statement from the Danish Embassy said a substantial part of the grant assistance would be directed towards northern Uganda.
According to the agreements, the health sector will receive 235m Danish Kroner (sh56b) over the next three-and-half years, with focus on primary health care and the drugs delivery system.
Part of the assistance will be provided through the Poverty Action Fund (PAF).
The roads sector will receive 250m Danish Kroner (sh60b) over the next five years, with focus on rehabilitation of national gravel roads, district roads and community access roads through labour intensive methods.
Training will also be accorded to private small-scale contractors and consultants at Mt. Elgon training centre in Mbale. 300m Kroner (sh71b) will go to the water and sanitation, focusing on water supply and sanitation in rural areas and small towns as well as on water resources management.
Denmark supports the agricultural sector as well as a projects aimed at promoting good governance and human rights.
The statement said Danish aid to Uganda would have hit sh70b by the end of the year. Denmark supports 15 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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