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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Habits of multiple loan access and deceptive practices by some beneficiaries have been identified as serious impediments to the successful implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM), the government’s latest strategy for transforming households from subsistence to a money economy. Launched in 2022, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s flagship poverty eradication programme, the Parish Development Model (PDM), is struggling with deep structural and governance failures despite absorbing trillions of Shillings in public funds, Auditor General Edward Akol has revealed. In his December audit report to Parliament, Akol notes that although the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDENT | The Auditor General, Edward Akol, on Thursday presented the 2024/25 Annual Audit Report to Parliament. The report handed to the Speaker of Parliament, Annitah Annet Among, highlights major procurement irregularities and flaws in the Parish Development Model (PDM). Akol revealed that the audit encompasses …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to fast-track alternative road networks around Kampala to ease traffic congestion while vowing to crack down on the theft and mismanagement of Parish Development Model (PDM) funds in Mukono District. Addressing a massive campaign rally at St. Joseph’s …

Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has directed Local Government Minister Raphael Magyezi to urgently address concerns regarding the distribution and management of Parish Development Model (PDM) funds in Kyenjojo District. The directive follows reports of mismanagement and discriminatory practices in the allocation of funds, which were …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …