When they say that we are getting money today, we meet at the tree and these people [SAGE administrators] come late and because we are many, they take long to finish and finish very late. So even the boda boda you came with gets tired and leaves and now you have to find where to sleep and then leave the next day. You wait the whole day, there’s no water to drink and the sun is too hot. There have also been complaints that full payment amounts are not being paid out by the Payment Service Provider (PSP). While beneficiaries are signed up for a bank account with the PSP, it is used purely for the distribution of the cash transfer. Beneficiaries have little control over their personal accounts, with one telling us: When the money has stayed for 8 months [arrears], they can come and give us fifty thousand shillings and say that they have kept the rest in the bank. But how can you tell me about putting my money in a bank when I’ve never applied for a bank. Whether we are demanding what amount, they give us fifty thousand shillings. They give us ‘abokorion’ [meaning very little, which he signals by showing his fist]. There have also been calls to both lower the minimum age to receive SCG payments and to increase the amount of the grant.87 One older woman in a focus group told us: That money! It cannot be saved. It’s too little. The grandchildren are waiting for you. You go straight to the market; you remain with nothing. If you are sick, you use that money [for treatment]. Some people wait for that money to go for treatment; now imagine the month it takes to come. Existing challenges for older persons in Uganda Approximately 3.7% of the Ugandan population, or 1.59 million people, fall into the category of ‘older persons’ (meaning over the age of 60),88 and they will continue to be a minority among Uganda’s young population for the foreseeable future.89 However, in absolute numbers the population of older persons is projected to more than triple to rise Figure 10. An older person with her SCG. How a National Security Approach to Uganda’s National Digital ID Has Led to Wholesale Exclusion of Women and Older Persons 37