Amending legal frameworks 

  1. Engage all sectoral Ministries, Departments and Agencies to allocate quotas for Persons with Disabilities across major national poverty reduction/wealth promotion programs.
  2. Review, strengthen the delivery mechanism and increase funding to the Special Grant for Persons with Disabilities.
  3. Engage with Parliament and Cabinet on expansion of the Social Assistance Empowerment Programme to integrate a regular transfer for Persons with severe Disabilities across age groups.
  4. Consistently produce and submit to Parliament and Cabinet an annual status report on the employment of Persons with Disabilities for consideration and action. 

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
By 2020, engagement with different stakeholders as well as the activities to achieve the commitments will have been kick started but the processes will be continuous.           

Additional commitments

  1. Facilitate formation and operationalization of a National Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) for Persons with Disabilities

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Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development

The Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development's responsibility is to empower communities in diverse areas.

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