A group of 44 elderly people from different parts of the country on Monday stormed the Equal Opportunities Commission offices in Bugolobi in Kampala demanding to know why they are not being paid the monthly grants for the elderly.
The group which comprised of widows and widowers from the districts of Kalisizo, Rakai, Namutumba, Kyotera and Iganga, went to the commission to petition it wondering why they are being discriminated against receiving the monthly Social Action Grants for the Elderly, which government is paying elderly people all over the country.
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