{"id":62736,"date":"2023-02-09T10:07:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T07:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=62736"},"modified":"2023-02-09T10:07:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T07:07:59","slug":"us-gives-shs3-4-trillion-support-to-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/us-gives-shs3-4-trillion-support-to-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"US gives Shs3.4 trillion support to Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ritah Kemigisa and Arthur Arnold Wadero<\/strong><\/p>\n

The United States government has revealed that it spent Shs3.4 trillion on supporting various development programmes in Uganda in 2021.<\/p>\n

While unveiling the \u2018Report to the Ugandan People\u2019 at the Embassy House in Kampala yesterday, US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E Brown stated that her government places key emphasis on bettering the lives of Ugandans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2021, we provided assistance valued at $930 million or more than Shs3.4 trillion for Ugandan people and Ugandan communities,\u201d Ambassador Brown said.<\/p>\n

However, she emphasised that \u201cwhile these figures are significant, the story of America\u2019s partnership with the Ugandan people is not of dollar figures but of lives impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou may not always see our flag on large buildings or billboards, but thanks to the United States\u2019 investment, millions of Ugandans are living healthy, learning better, earning more, and participating more fully in their communities,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

The report that was originally scheduled for release in December last year but was postponed due to effects of the Ebola outbreak shows that the Shs3.4 trillion was invested in health, justice and democracy, and education and security, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, more than 1.3 million Ugandans living with HIV are receiving life changing ARV treatment through PEPFAR. With ARV treatment, they can pursue their education, start a family, build a career, prevent infection, and expect to enjoy a long, healthy life,\u201d Ambassador Brown said.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Brown also said her government places emphasis on transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be clear; every dollar the United States invests in Uganda is held to its highest standards of oversight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The report chronicles the US government\u2019s unwavering partnership with Uganda for the last 60 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2021, the I.S orphans and vulnerable children programme reached more than 430,000 children and their caregivers through its activities. These services were provided to 89,000 vulnerable households in 79 districts,\u201d the reports states in part, adding: \u201cApproximately 87,000 children and their caregivers received food and nutrition support, while 126,000 accessed health services, and 28,221 accessed educational support in form of school materials and group-based tutoring.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report also shows that about 1.3 million doses of malaria drugs were availed to Ugandans while another 2.8 million couples were supported to receive family planning.<\/p>\n

On the democratic front, USAID equipped 237 civil society organizations and human rights defenders with safety and security skills and provided legal aid services to 1,625 individuals.<\/p>\n

To help Uganda scale up its food security measures, the reports states that \u201cUS-supported smallholder and farmers\u2019 groups were connected to grain traders, government school feeding programmes and the refugee markets where they sold assorted food commodities worth nearly Shs45 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ritah Kemigisa and Arthur Arnold Wadero The United States government has revealed that it spent Shs3.4 trillion on supporting various development programmes in Uganda in 2021. While unveiling the \u2018Report to the Ugandan People\u2019 at the Embassy House in Kampala yesterday, US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E Brown stated that her government places key emphasis on bettering the lives of Ugandans. \u201cIn 2021, we provided assistance valued at $930 million or more than Shs3.4 trillion for Ugandan people and Ugandan communities,\u201d Ambassador Brown said. However, she emphasised that \u201cwhile these figures are significant, the story of America\u2019s partnership with the Ugandan people is not of dollar figures but of lives impacted.\u201d \u201cYou may not always see our flag on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":62737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"F j, Y g:i a","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"3","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1083],"class_list":["post-62736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}