Amos Kayunga District Amos Nkuba may not recall his age to the dot but one thing he is sure of; he is way above 80 years of age—if anything, well past his 100th birthday. As we are welcomed to his home, hearing voices outside, he slowly emerges from his grass thatched home-holding his walking stick close to his breast. As he sits down, it isn’t hard to notice him heave. You’d think he hasn’t undertaken more strenuous tasks. Amos, in estimating how old he is, winds us through the country’s history of leadership—dating back as far as Kabaka Daudi Chwa’s era [1897 – 1939]. The authority with which he speaks, coupled with the fine crown of gray hair on his head, leave you little room to doubt his words. He can’t help but express his bitterness and frustration about the registration process for a National ID. More so, many of the older persons he knows that are benefitting from the SAGE cash transfer programme could be his children or grandchildren. Amos says he went to Kayonza sub county twice and they sent him to the district headquarters. He travelled to the district three times, and they informed him that they couldn’t find his National ID anywhere. The officials he found advised him to ‘devise other means’—something he later found out meant that you had to part with some money [a bribe]. It was at this point that he gave up hope of ever getting an ID. After four years of trying, Amos regrets having wasted money he could have used to feed himself in numerous travels that bore nothing. He concludes, “What on earth did I do?” 32 Chased Away and Left to Die