Bodaboda riders, teachers on approved list for Covid-19 relief fund

By Olivia Nabaggala

29^th June 2021

Cabinet has approved a list of categories of vulnerable groups of people who depend on daily earning that are going to benefit from lockdown mobile money relief fund.

This was after the meeting held on Monday 28th June 2021 at State house Entebbe that resolved for the beneficiaries to receive cash relief through their phones from the Covid-19 task force.

The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Betty Amongi while addressing the media in Kampala this Tuesday mentioned the vulnerable groups to benefit including bodaboda riders, teachers, Street vendors, bus and taxi drivers and conductors, saloon and gym workers among others.

Amongi added that a total of 501,107 households are targeted in this exercise and money will be sent to phones of those whose lines are registered in their names, and each person is going to get 100,000 shillings.

Amongi also added that registration of data will begin this Wednesday 30 to July 4th and it will be collected door to door and sending money on people’s phones will begin on July 6th 2021.