Residents of Rukungiri district have been urged to embrace the new government initiative of Parish Development Model (PDM) in the fight against poverty.
The call was made by the Minister for Security, who is also the Rujumbura Constituency Member of Parliament Hon. Maj. Gen. Jim Katugugu Muhwezi during Baraza he organized aimed to discuss development projects and new initiatives by the government.
The Baraza was convened yesterday at Bucence Church of Uganda and at Nyakagyeme Sub County headquarters respectively where residents from parishes of Kigaaga, Kitimba and Kabwoma all in Nyakagyeme Sub County attended the meeting.
Addressing the residents, Minister Jim Muhwezi disclosed that PDM’s main goal is to ensure the livelihoods of Ugandans improve.
Hon. Jim Muhwezi announced government plans to increase funding for the Parish Development Model (PDM) from Shs 100 million to Shs 200 million for each parish.
Muhwezi went on and urged residents of Rujumbura County and Rukungiri district at large to actively participate in the Parish Development Model program explaining that the money government is putting in the program is meant to help fight poverty among people.
He also urged people to change their mindset, engage in the money economy in order to improve their household income.
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The Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for Rukungiri district, Nsubuga Bewayo Stephen, asked those who took money to pay it back then in near future, they can start up a commercial bank at Parish level.
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The Rukungiri district Principal Commercial Officer Atuheire Caroline said that as a district, they have 75 PDM SACCOs and each has already received 250M shillings per Parish.
Atuheire expressed gratitude to Minister Jim Muhwezi for organizing Baraza, which enables them to discuss service delivery to people as technocrats.
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PDM is a government multi-sectoral strategy for socio-economic transformation, aimed at moving 39% of Ugandan households in the subsistence economy to the money economy.
PDM positions the Parish as the epicenter of multi-sectoral community development, planning, implementation, supervision and accountability to drive socio-economic transformation.
Minister Jim Muhwezi is in Rujumbura County holding Baraza with stakeholders and his constituents discussing development projects and new initiatives, focusing on key areas such as road construction, water provision, electricity, and other related services.
