Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit is to investigate allegations of leaders forming ghost groups to benefit from the Parish Development Model (PDM) program. Maj Martha Asiimwe, the Head of the RDC Secretariat/Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in the Office of the President who is currently in West Nile Region …
Read More »The dust when Museveni visits
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s economy reportedly loses billions of dollars annually due to reduced productivity, according to various reports. A major contributor to this loss is traffic congestion. A World Bank report estimates that at least US$800 million—equivalent to nearly 3 trillion Ugandan Shillings—is lost each year as commuters …
Read More »FAO chief urges Uganda to include physical planning in PDM
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Director-General, Dr. Qu Dongyu, has called on Uganda to integrate physical and spatial planning into the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM). He warns that without proper land use design, infrastructure layout, and zoning, long-term rural transformation …
Read More »Opposition posters defaced during Museveni’s PDM tour
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of campaign posters of opposition candidates in Wakiso District have been defaced as President Yoweri Museveni continues his tour of Parish Development Model-PDM projects. His visit has cost candidates their campaign posters. especially those of the National Unity Platform-NUP. In Nansana municipality, where political rivalry …
Read More »Museveni commissions new presidential industrial hub in Kayunga
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the Mengo Zonal Presidential Industrial Skilling Hub in Kayunga District. The commissioning was part of the President’s countrywide assessment tour on the Parish Development Model (PDM) and wealth creation promotion in Greater Mukono. Museveni’s journey through Greater Mukono …
Read More »Museveni calls for increased regulation for fishing sector to thrive
Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for a more regulated and sustainable approach to fishing. Speaking in the Buvuma district on his Parish Development tours in the greater Mukono area, Museveni said the government had to come in to regulate fishing because of …
Read More »Luwero leaders want to face President Museveni over unfulfilled pledges
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local government leaders in Luwero district have asked for a special audience with President Yoweri Museveni during his upcoming PDM tour of the region, citing a need to raise long-standing, unfulfilled government pledges. Museveni is expected to tour districts in Greater Luwero beginning today, …
Read More »Museveni says MPs should not own radio stations
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has criticized Members of Parliament and journalists for setting up private radio stations in rural areas, describing the trend as unnecessary and counterproductive. Speaking to journalists from the Tooro region on Sunday at the state lodge in Fort Portal, Museveni …
Read More »On Museveni’s PDM tours
Government’s misguided plan to turn Uganda into a country of prosperous peasants THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The government of Uganda has been promoting the “Parish Development Model” (PDM). The program seeks to draw farmers from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture and thereby make them rich. It gives each individual …
Read More »Museveni rallies leaders to align district plans with PDM
Kyakahinda , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged local leaders in the Tooro region to align their priorities with the Parish Development Model (PDM). The President made the remarks on Thursday while addressing residents and local leaders of Bunyangabu District after visiting the home of Deo …
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