The purported Political Loyalty and Development in Tooro Sub-Region largely disagree. COMMENT | INNOCENT B. NATUKUNDA | Tooro sub-region in Western Uganda, known for its scenic beauty and rich cultural heritage, has for decades been assumed to be loyal stronghold of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). Despite this unwavering …
Read More »Thank you for PDM, but, where are the extension workers?
Uganda’s Third National Development Plan (NDPIII) 2020/21–2024/25 explicitly calls for strengthening agricultural extension systems, but the reality is that farmers have been left in the cold amid climate extremes COMMENT | REGINA ASINDE | Government has pumped trillions of shillings into rural households through the Parish Development Model (PDM), with the …
Read More »PDM SACCOS to get sh3.3 trillion before June 30th
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over ten thousand Parish Development Model ((PDM) SACCOS will be capitalized with funds totaling Sh3.2 trillion by the end of the financial year 2024/2025 next month. State Minister for Finance, Henry Musasizi says the money will be sent directly to the beneficiaries’ bank and …
Read More »EXPERTS: PDM cash minus market support waste of time
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have warned that the continued extension of handouts or money to farmers through programmes such as the Parish Development Model (PDM) without offering them support on how to market their products will not help them create sustainable wealth. Delivering a keynote address …
Read More »PDM beneficiaries tipped on value addition
JINJA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) have trained the parish development Model(PDM) beneficiaries on value addition of their products. The over 400 PDM beneficiaries were sourced from all 11 districts of the Busoga sub-region and Jinja city. The beneficiaries, most of …
Read More »Persons living with HIV in Mbale seek inclusion in PWDs
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons Living with HIV in Mbale Seek Inclusion in Parishiving with HIV in Mbale District are calling for their inclusion in the ongoing implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM) programme, citing challenges in accessing the funds meant to support income-generating activities. Speaking during …
Read More »Museveni blames poverty on reluctance to embrace gov’t programs
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has attributed the poverty in the country to the failure of people to embrace government programs. While inspecting different enterprises of farmers under the parish development Model-PDM program across the Busoga sub-region on Wednesday, Museveni said that he started economic empowerment programs …
Read More »AUDIT REPORT: Sh1.5 billion of Parish Revolving Fund cannot be traced
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Auditor General, Edward Akol has revealed that 212 Parish Development Model (PDM) SACCOS in 14 Local Governments cannot account for Parish Revolving Fund –PRF to the tune of sh1.544 billion received and withdrawn from their bank accounts. According to Akol, the amount had not …
Read More »Farmers in Bugisu show off PDM progress
Museveni In Bugisu To Monitor PDM Projects Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has challenged leaders, especially chairpersons at different levels and sub-county chiefs, to document the beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model (PDM) in order to help the government track the effectiveness of implementing the …
Read More »Finance Trust bank manager, accountant remanded over PDM funds
Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The bank manager and accountant at Finance Trust in Kamuli have been remanded to Kamuli Prison in connection with the alleged theft of funds meant for the Parish Development Model (PDM). Wambi Charles and Leticia Nakimuli, were arrested earlier this month and had been on …
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