Hon. Flavia K Rwabuhoro

Social Protection in the August House with @HonFlavia @upfsp @ESPprogramme @SP_Gateway @WBG_SPLabor #SocialProtectionPlaza #SocialProtectionUg youtu.be/w6xzoNu-S0I

In today's @newvisionwire "Cash transfers enable recipients to become active participants in the economy and not just spectators" @katabaazi25 @ESPprogramme @mofpedU @Mglsd_UG @Parliament_Ug #SocialProtectionUg

We need to create a social protection system and let it work. Our issue is not resources but rather our priorities.@HonFlavia #SocialProtectionUg

@upfsp has a mandate to influence legislation. We now want a legislation with sanctions as far as #socialprotection is concerned.@HonFlavia #SocialProtectionUg

Uganda has a partly favourably resilient population. VSLA's have catered for some of the very critical needs of the people in the villages. @HonFlavia An opportunity here #SocialProtectionUg

The simplistic dichotomy we were using to define poor and non poor was wrong. The safety nets we had are not working. We need to redefine shocks, poor, non poor so as to have realistic responses. @HonFlavia #SocialProtectionUg

Our Advocacy Advisor @HonFlavia joins the panel to discuss #socialprotection in Uganda. #SocialProtectionUg

What are the after effects? #SocialProtectionUg

@upfsp @dltum @FBaseke @mofpedU @MatiaK5 @Mglsd_UG @OPMUganda @UNDPUganda @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UKinUganda Social protection should be seen as an investment rather than expenditure to lift the most vulnerable people out of extreme poverty by 2030.@upfsp, @katabaazi25 ,@DrLumala ,@FrankTumwebazek ,#SocialProtection4COVID

And the last on the hour! Question 4 What strategies can be adopted for sustainable domestic financing of social protection in Uganda? @dltum @HonFlavia @FBaseke #SocialProtection4COVID @mofpedU @MatiaK5 @Mglsd_UG @OPMUganda @UNDPUganda @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UKinUganda

@upfsp @dltum @FBaseke @mofpedU @MatiaK5 @Mglsd_UG @OPMUganda @UNDPUganda @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UKinUganda Other options could be one-off contributions to commodity and fiscal stabilisation funds which mitigate the impact of production risks and macroeconomic shocks. @upfsp, @DrLumala ,@dltum ,@ESPprogramme ,@katabaazi25 ,@FrankTumwebazek ,#SocialProtection4COVID

@upfsp @dltum @FBaseke @mofpedU @MatiaK5 @Mglsd_UG @OPMUganda @UNDPUganda @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UKinUganda The effectiveness of budget support by stakeholders depends on adequate budgetary planning, control and management as well as agreements on policy priorities between donors and government. @upfsp, @katabaazi25 ,@DrLumala ,@dltum ,@Fbaseke, #SocialProtection4COVID

@upfsp @dltum @FBaseke @mofpedU @MatiaK5 @Mglsd_UG @OPMUganda @UNDPUganda @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UKinUganda Broaden the tax base and reduce tax exemptions and tax evasion rates through stricter legislation. @upfsp, @katabaazi25 ,@ESPprogramme ,@DrLumala ,@Fbaseke, @dltum ,@FrankTumwebazek ,#SocialProtection4COVID

@upfsp @dltum @FBaseke @mofpedU @MatiaK5 @Mglsd_UG @OPMUganda @UNDPUganda @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UKinUganda Finding fiscal space for social protection programmes is an important policy priority. @upfsp ,@ESPprogramme ,@katabaazi25 ,@DrLumala ,@FrankTumwebazek ,@dltum ,@Fbaseke, #SocialProtection4COVID

@upfsp @FBaseke @dltum @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek @UKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @usmissionuganda There is still little scholarship on the political economy of social protection and yet there is growing evidence that politics plays a central role in shaping and financing social protection initiatives. @upfsp, , @katabaazi25 ,@DrLumala ,@ESPprogramme ,#SocialProtection4COVID

Question 3 What are the underlying challenges of the current social protection financing in Uganda? @FBaseke @dltum @HonFlavia #SocialProtection4COVID @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek @UKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @usmissionuganda

@upfsp @FBaseke @dltum @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek @UKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @usmissionuganda Medium and long term social protection interventions are most effective but donors prefer financing short term, sectoral and infrastructure programmes. @upfsp, @katabaazi25 ,@ESPprogramme,@DrLumala ,@Fbaseke, @FrankTumwebazek ,#SocialProtection4COVID

@upfsp @FBaseke @dltum @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek @UKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @usmissionuganda The vulnerable people cannot be sustained by sympathy and goodwill. Uganda needs a redistribution of resources and involvement of beneficiaries rather than just talking about them. @upfsp, @Fbaseke, @katabaazi25 ,@ESPprogramme ,@DrLumala ,#SOCIALPROTECTION4COVID

@upfsp @FBaseke @dltum @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek @UKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @usmissionuganda Without appropriate financial commitment, the National social protection policy may not realise its objectives @upfsp ,@Fbaseke, @katabaazi25 ,@DrLumala ,@ESPprogramme ,@FrankTumwebazek ,#SocialProtection4COVID

@upfsp @dltum @FBaseke @ESPprogramme @mofpedU @OPMUganda @WFP_Africa @IrlEmbUganda @UKinUganda @FrankTumwebazek @Parliament_Ug @RebeccaKadagaUG The institutional home for mobilisation, design, and implementation of social protection is MGLSD. However, the ministry is perennially marginalised, lacks political clout to establish social protection as a national policy priority. @upfsp ,#SocialProtection4COVID

Question 2 How is Social Protection financed in Uganda, currently? @dltum @FBaseke @HonFlavia #SocialProtection4COVID @ESPprogramme @mofpedU @OPMUganda @WFP_Africa @IrlEmbUganda @UKinUganda @FrankTumwebazek @Parliament_Ug @RebeccaKadagaUG

@upfsp @FBaseke @dltum @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @UKinUganda @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek The social protection schemes are embedded in a number of policy frameworks which include the 1995 constitution and the NDP2010-2015 for the transformation of Uganda from peasant society to modern country. @upfsp, @katabaazi25 ,, @ESPprogramme ,@DrLumala ,#SocialProtection4COVID

Question 1 What is the current state of social protection coverage in Uganda? @FBaseke @HonFlavia @dltum #SocialProtection4COVID @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @UKinUganda @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek

@katabaazi25 @upfsp @FBaseke @dltum @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @UKinUganda @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek The growth in the country has not translated into commensurate poverty reduction or improvement of the lives of the most poor. @upfsp, @Fbaseke, @ESPprogramme ,@katabaazi25 ,@DrLumala ,#SocialProtection4COVID

@upfsp @FBaseke @HonFlavia @dltum @mofpedU @ESPprogramme @IrlEmbUganda @UNDPUganda @UKinUganda @Mglsd_UG @FrankTumwebazek one can safely say that civil servants in the current circumstances and those citizens under direct income support are the only ones having sustainable #socialprotection cover .The other schemes or programs do not walk beneficiaries through to old age.#SocialProtection4COVID