Having used their funds to sustain their families for the last two months of lockdown, sellers are in need of support. With the controversies that have marred the distribution of the food package, many street peddlers fear they will be left out as the country slowly returns to normalcy. This US$30 million aid package comprises US$25 million of funds redirected from the government’s 2019/2020 fiscal budget and US$5 million donated by the World Bank. Activist Martin Kollie, based in Ethiopia, has blasted the government in several Facebook posts over the lockdown package. “The US$25 million food distribution started on May 23 and ended in one hour on the same day,” he quips in one.

Source: Front Page Africa June 22, 2020 09:11 UTC