‘7 million Ugandans chronically poor’
Oct 22, 2005
ABOUT seven million Ugandans are living in chronic poverty, according to a recent survey.
By I. Kalembe & C. Kiwawulo
ABOUT seven million Ugandans are living in chronic poverty, according to a recent survey.
“Twenty percent of the country’s households – more than seven million Ugandans (or 26% of the total population) – live in chronic poverty because of poor service delivery and remoteness. As many as 7,067,000 Ugandans can be estimated to be living in chronic poverty in 2005,†the Uganda Chronic Poverty Report 2005, which was launched in Kampala on Tuesday, said.
Launching the report, Prime Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi said it was timely since Uganda has just revised her poverty reduction strategy, the Poverty Eradication Action Plan.
In a speech read by education minister Namirembe Bitamazire, Nsibambi said it was distressing that 20% of Ugandans were trapped in chronic poverty, saying women, children and the disabled were most vulnerable.
The 65-page three-year research document, conducted by the Chronic Poverty research Centre, highlights the LRA war, HIV/AIDS, lack of education and land fragmentation as the main causes of chronic poverty.
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ABOUT seven million Ugandans are living in chronic poverty, according to a recent survey.
“Twenty percent of the country’s households – more than seven million Ugandans (or 26% of the total population) – live in chronic poverty because of poor service delivery and remoteness. As many as 7,067,000 Ugandans can be estimated to be living in chronic poverty in 2005,†the Uganda Chronic Poverty Report 2005, which was launched in Kampala on Tuesday, said.
Launching the report, Prime Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi said it was timely since Uganda has just revised her poverty reduction strategy, the Poverty Eradication Action Plan.
In a speech read by education minister Namirembe Bitamazire, Nsibambi said it was distressing that 20% of Ugandans were trapped in chronic poverty, saying women, children and the disabled were most vulnerable.
The 65-page three-year research document, conducted by the Chronic Poverty research Centre, highlights the LRA war, HIV/AIDS, lack of education and land fragmentation as the main causes of chronic poverty.
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