Figure 13. Local government official, seated centre, validating the details of people who claim that errors on their National IDs are preventing them from accessing the SCG. excluded from receiving the SCG cash transfer. No other targeting mechanisms, such as community meetings, are used to supplement or correct the NIRA data. During our research, we witnessed the process of data validation currently being undertaken by the local government officials and the PMU to determine the scope of the problem; according to senior sources, as many as 40,000 persons over the age of 80 have errors on their NIC and in the NIR and as many as 10,000 did not have IDs at all. This is about one quarter of all persons over the age of 80 in Uganda, according to UBOS projections, and likely still an undercount of the full extent of the problem. A third issue is that your correct name and age must successfully appear on the list generated by NIRA and validated by PMU. Many older persons who thought they had successfully registered still found themselves in limbo because their correct name had not been passed along to the PMU when it generated its beneficiary lists. Since this list is only produced periodically, incorrect information can negatively impact older persons for a long period. The fourth problem is that you must have received your national ID number, and in many cases, also your national ID card, to access the SCG program. Both need to be presented at various stages during each payment distribution day. You must also not lose your national ID card. Repeatedly showing up on payment day without your Ndaga Muntu means that you will not be given the money that is sitting in your own SCG account. One parish chief told us that about 50 people in his parish had not received their national ID yet. A fifth and final problem is that older persons need to be physically present at the payment point to verify their age, face, fingerprints, and documentation (and confirm the fact that they are still alive). While the official ESP policy allows for the registration of alternate recipients (such as children or neighbours), officials at the ESP have conceded that the complexities of registration and enrolment, as well as managing the transition 42 Chased Away and Left to Die