| dc.description.abstract | The study was carried out in Kibiga Sub-County in Kiboga District. It established the impact of
the Senior Citizens Grants interventions on the livelihood activities of beneficiaries. The study
further sought to achieve three research objectives notably; to establish the different livelihood
activities in Kibiga Sub County, to find out how Senior Citizens Grants impact on livelihood
activities of beneficiaries in Kibiga Sub County and lastly to find out whether the local politics
of cash transfers impact on the success of Senior Citizens Grants in the sub county of Kibiga and
Kiboga district as a whole.
The study was guided by the Theory of Change that was published by Carol Weiss (1995). It
employed a single case study research design and a qualitative approach. A total of 69
respondents participated in the study that included Kiboga district community development
officer (DCDO), Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Kiboga district SCGs district technical
personnel, beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the grants. The researcher used data mostly
from primary sources using interview guides, focus group discussions and observations.
The data collected was analyzed and findings revealed that: key livelihood activities in Kiboga
district particularly Kibiga Sub County included but were not limited to, Agriculture where crops
like maize, bananas, beans, were grown this was followed by livestock farming where animals
like cows, pigs, sheep, goats as well as poultry keeping was also another livelihood activity,
small scale businesses were also found to be a livelihood activity where residents sell general
merchandise and farm products.
It was also found out that alternative livelihood strategies undertaken by the state and other civil
society organizations were National Agricultural Advisory Services and these were so key in
supporting the present livelihood activities in the sub county and in the district in general.
Functional Adult Literacy was also found to be another alternative livelihood strategy which had
positive impacts in promoting the key livelihood activities in the area in that it helped
beneficiaries of the SCGs to acquire knowledge and skills in practicing agriculture, poultry and
small scale business enterprises.
The study also found out that politics of cash transfers play an important role in achieving
desirable outcomes of the Senior Citizens Grants outputs right from program planning through
implementation and to evaluation. Indeed politics of Cash Transfers are a key to achieving
expected objectives especially reducing chronic poverty whereby all decisions that may make the
program effective are taken by political leaders. For example, a decision to take Yumbe as one of
the beneficiary districts in was politically motivated and at the same time, districts which were
scaled after the initial pilot program were also politically decided.
The study recommended that, implementers and beneficiaries must continuously be sensitized
about their roles and responsibilities so as not to miss inform other stakeholders of the same
program and to allow for easy monitoring of the program activities. Therefore, to address
information needs about social protection, it is hereby recommended that public education must
be done so as to create thorough awareness of issues related to social protection. | en_US |
