AMURU– Stakeholders of The Parish Development Model [PDM] in Amuru district have been sensitised on the latest government programme launched to fight household poverty across the country.
Under the PDM each parish in the country will receive Shs 100 million per year for five years to fund group income-generating activities. Government, through the PDM, aims to move 3.5mln households from a subsistence economy to a money economy.
The PDM funds are expected to be wired to the districts’ accounts in the new financial year that kicks off on July 1, 2022, two weeks after the Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija would have read the proposed Shs 48.1trn national budget.
Days ago stakeholders including LCII chairpersons, Parish and Sub County Chiefs, Sub County and Town Council Chairpersons of the National Resistance Movement [NRM] and extension workers were sensitised about the programme Pabo Town Council.
The PDM stakeholders in Amuru district were drawn from the 58 parishes and 13 sub-counties and town councils.
During the training, the Amuru district Chief Administrative Officer [CAO], Thomson Obongo warned the stakeholders against collecting money from community members during the registration period, adding that this is a free government programme.
He said that there`s growing concern that members would be charged fees for registration and photocopying of documents among others.
“Usually during such engagements, chances are high that the committee tends to put some charges for members to pay before being registered. If we learn of this, the entire Parish SACCO will face the consequences,” Obong warned.
Obong noted that by June 9, 2022, all the parishes should have established their Parish Development Committees [PDCc] who will be charged with identifying, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the enterprises that groups would have chosen to embark on.
Michael Lakony, the Amuru district LCV Chairperson said that after forming the parish committees and eventually SACCOs, members would be trained on financial management.
Lakony noted that the aim of the training was to equip the members with knowledge and explain their roles in the programme.
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