In order to examine the implementation status in the Rwenzori region, Parish Development Model (PDM) program supervisors from the districts of Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Kyegegwa, Kamwenge, Kitagwenda, Bunyangabu, Ntoroko, and Bundibugyo have met in Fort Portal.
The meeting was held at the Nyaika Hotel and was attended by the program implementers, which included all district chairpersons, chief administrative officers, district commercial officers, and operation wealth creation coordinators.
Dennis Galabuzi, the PDM national coordinator, gave stakeholders a job during the meeting called by the PDM secretariat: thoroughly comprehend the program’s goal.
He pointed out that 39% of all households are still engaged in subsistence economic activity despite numerous government initiatives aimed at socioeconomic development.
According to Galabuzi on Wednesday, “the reasons for the above status are hinged on three main challenges, including low productivity and lack of commercialization of the agricultural activities.”
He urged the participants to emphasize the gradual nature of mentality modification.
Galabuzi emphasized the importance of setting priorities for bottom-up planning in order to implement the program successfully.
Galabuzi remarked, “The organization of the beneficiaries at the Parish level, where the program implementation has been predicated, will decide the success of PDM.
The PDM secretariat’s Julius Kapwepwe stated that the program’s objectives are to raise household income and transform society on a socioeconomic level.
Kapwepwe asserts that the PDM program builds on earlier and ongoing government initiatives that reduced subsistence from an earlier 61% to the current 39%.
The parish level is the lowest economic planning unit, and the Parish Development Model is a government strategy or technique for coordinating and delivering public and private sector interventions for wealth creation and employment there.
