Covid-19 Relief in Uganda

PostBank has come out to clarify on an incident where at least 6,000 people on the Airtel mobile network mistakenly received double payment of the Covid-19 relief cash. In a statement released today, the bank says there was indeed an incident which was quickly identified and flagged to Airtel Uganda. The bank goes on to say that the incident had nothing to do with data from Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development as earlier rumours had suggested. “… Of the beneficiary payments made so far, 6,011 were paid twice. This was a single incident relating to a batch upload…