US agency terminates COVID-19 cash transfer programme in Uganda

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has terminated its COVID-19 cash transfer programme in Uganda.

The US embassy there said the decision followed the Ugandan government’s indefinite suspension of give directly, a non-profit organisation that was conducting the programme.

The programme was to benefit 120,000 Ugandans who lost livelihoods because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Each beneficiary was to receive 100,000 Ugandan shillings every month for three months.

Uganda has so far confirmed over 12,700 coronavirus cases with 112 deaths.