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Ugandan Delegation led by Ms. Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye with PAkistan Team from the Benazir Income Support Programme during the
Pakistan visit
Picking Gains from Pakistan and

Kenya’s Social Protection Best

Practices

Studies have shown that benchmarking visits provide practical lessons that help
organizations to identify specific areas that require improvement. In a bid to strengthen
systems in Uganda, there is need to periodically benchmark countries that have

established systems that support social protection delivery.

Benchmarking visit to Kenya the team led by Mr. Stephen Kasaija,
n this regard, a delegation from Head, Expanding Social Protection (ESP)
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Programme met with the Kenyan Social
Development, World Bank, World Protection Secretariat team, led by the
Food Programme (WFP), International Principal Secretary, Ministry of Labour and
I Labour Organization (ILO), National Social Protection, Mr. Joseph M. Motari.
Identification and Registration Authority Mr. Motari commended the team for
(NIRA), and Ministry of Finance, Planning choosing Kenya to learn from, stressing
and Economic Development (MoFPED) the importance of information sharing
visited Kenya to share experiences in service delivery. He attributed Kenya’s
that would support Uganda’s systems robust social protection system to the
strengthening path. During the visit, political will, which translates into strong

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