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“Our common objective
must be to ensure that those
most at risk gain access to the “ The National Social Protection “Any civilized society must care
opportunities and resources Strategy (2024-29) provides for its vulnerable persons. Not
necessary to participate fully in a framework for delivery of a only because it is morally right
the social, economic and political harmonised and well-coordinated to do, but because the cost of
life,” Aggrey David Kibenge, social protection system. It is not doing so is greater for our
Permanent Secretary, aligned to the 2030 Agenda and society,” Professor Pamela
Ministry of Gender, Labour the 17 Sustainable Development Mbabazi, Chairperson,
and Social Development Goals, of which 14 are directly National Planning Authority.
linked to social protection,”
Prosper Muhumuza,
Commissioner Disability and
Elderly Affairs, MGLSD
“While we want to increase the
scope and make interventions
broader and thicker, we must “Social Protection in Africa is
speed the concept to address more or less a political issue that
all the root causes that define must have the political good will
social protection. We need to “Programmes such as PDM are an of the people at the top. We need
be practical and realistic. For opportunity for the contributory to lobby them to understand why
instance, what does sh25,000 social security. If the poor and we need social protection. Let us
(given to older persons monthly) vulnerable are pushed into the not talk about Social Protection
do?” Dr Senior Lecturer money economy, they should during campaign period. Social
at Makerere University be able to now contribute to Protection should be an everyday
Business School and Director their own social security. That conversation,” Jane Muyanga
of the MUBS Economic is an opportunity,” Stephen Kitili, Director, National
Forum. Kasaija, Head, Expanding Social Protection Secretariat,
Social Protection Programme, Kenya
MGLSD
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