Kampala, (UG):- President Museveni is scheduled to visit the Teso sub-region from Monday to Wednesday to assess the performance of the Parish Development Model (PDM), the Presidential Press Unit (PPU) has confirmed.
“The Presidential Press Unit (PPU) informs the General Public that the President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, will next head to Teso Sub-Region from November 18 to 20, 2024 on his Parish Development Model (PDM) performance assessment tour,” PPU stated in a statement on Tuesday, November 12.
According to PPU, during the tour, the President is to meet stakeholders including various categories of leaders and technical staff and address public rallies in the respective districts/Soroti City.
The development comes just days after the President completed his performance assessment tour on PDM and wealth creation in the Bukedi sub-region.
During the tour, the President reiterated his call to the people of Bukedi to embrace commercial agriculture with “ekibaro” in order to transform their livelihoods. He said this can be done through the 4 acre-model where they can use one acre to grow coffee, the second acre for fruits, the third acre for pasture for dairy cows, and the fourth acre for food crops.
The government of Uganda launched the implementation of the PDM at Kibuku Primary School, Kibuku district in Bukedi Sub-region in February 2022 using a whole-of-government approach and last year, the President began PDM assessment tours last year, under the theme: “Wealth creation and Prosperity for all.
The emphasis of these assessment tours is on the Four-Acre Model, Parish Development Model, Emyooga and other Government livelihood Programmes.
PDM is aimed at attaining socio-economic transformation based on improved productivity in households and enterprises at the parish level.
In the financial year 2024/25, the Government allocated a sum of Shs 1.059 trillion for PDM meaning that each parish shall get an additional Shs 100 million to benefit more households.
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