By Sadique Bamwita
ENTEBBE
At least a total of 500 SACCO members in Entebbe Municipality under their various SACCOS are furious with the Uganda Microfinance support center over delayed disbursement of emyooga funds to their SACCOS which they formed 3 years ago.
The aggrieved SACCO members say government promised them emyooga funds to enable them benefit from Emyooga scheme and religiously registered their SACCOS but surprisingly despite fulfilling all the necessary requirements as stipulated by Micro Finance support Center, they have never seen any single penny on their SACCO bank accounts.
It’s reported that government promised over 20 SACCOS with over 500 members’seed capital support of 30 million as startup capital and 50 million for local leaders SACCOS. However, ever since the promise was made 3 years ago, they have never received anything from government. The said Saccos include; carpenters, taxi operators, Journalists, boda riders, Welders, Mechanics, and persons with disabilities among others.
A Sacco leader for Welders- Ismail Kizito says, they are so disappointed with the Microfinance support center and vowed not trust government with their votes in the 2026 polls.
A fortnight ago, a team of auditors from State House led by Mr. Milton Pedi Tumwine were in Entebbe Municipality to find out why the SACCOS have not accessed the Emyooga funds. However, the team was shocked to find that many SACCOS had not received the funds.
