By Ben Musanje
20th April 2021
The Japanese Government has again contributed 9.8 million US Dollars, approximately 36 billion Shillings to support refugees and host communities as well as border security with a strong focus on mitigating the Covid-19 impacts, over a period of one year from April 2021 to March 2022.
The support has been channeled through eight International agencies include, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) among others.
Japan has contributed 127bnshs to Uganda from 2016-2020 by utilizing the supplementary budget to provide humanitarian supports and emergency responses in timely manner.
In a joint press conference at Media Center in Kampala, the Ambassador of Japan to Uganda Hidemoto Fukuzawa says that thus is done mostly by people of Japan with a view of acknowledging Uganda’s generous progressive refugee policy and needs for humanitarian development support.
Hilary Onek, the Minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees recommended Japan for tires effort and support to Uganda and emphasized that this country will continue to welcome and look after the refugees despite the scarcity of resources.
The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Rosa Malango applauded the people of Japan for the valuable contribution to the global efforts in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as well as to the advancement of the human security in Uganda.
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