Figure 5. An older person riding on a boda boda motorcycle taxi, the primary means of transportation for many Ugandans. district, abandoning her farming for several days and paying to travel back and forth by boda boda. For comparison, the average monthly income of a rural youth was 172,000 UGX or $48.5 USD. Another issue for many people was that the process often required returning to the registration point multiple times, sometimes five or six days in a row. “One has to stay in one place for like a week, in order to complete the entire process,” we were told by one woman, “this is a challenge because for us mothers, we had to leave children behind for all that time. And for men they have to graze the animals.” A common reason that people were forced to return on multiple days was that there were simply not enough registration officers or equipment to serve the long queues. In one focus group, we were told that there was only one computer to serve the population of eight villages. This created long waits that led to many people giving up in frustration. Several individuals also recounted instances where computers or other equipment would break down and they would be told to return the next day. Amid these hardships, few registration points made accommodations for those who were sick, disabled, or had limited mobility. “We all suffer together,” the participants of a focus group with older persons told us. One man described the frustration of returning multiple times, paying transport fees each time, and spending the entire day waiting at the registration point. His leg had recently been injured and no special provisions were made for him until he complained multiple times to the registration staff. Yet another man recounted the story of carrying his elderly father on his back multiple times to reach the registration point. He was told each time that they must wait in line with everyone else. A frail older woman in Amudat, who was partially blind, described a similar story that ultimately ended in failure as she was unable to register: 28 Chased Away and Left to Die