{"id":38884,"date":"2022-10-18T19:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T19:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds"},"modified":"2022-10-18T20:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T20:17:50","slug":"greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds","title":{"rendered":"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Local leaders in Masaka Sub Region have asked government to allow targeted beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model (PDM) to utilise the funds which have been lying idle on Sacco bank accounts for over eight months.<\/p>\n

All Saccos across the region are still stuck with the first portion of PDM funds on their accounts even when they fulfilled all requirements outlined by government in implementation guidelines.<\/p>\n

For instance the PMD money has been on Saccos\u2019 accounts since late 2021.The city comprises two municipalities; Kimaaanya \/Kabonera and Nyendo\/Mukungwe with 25 parishes.<\/p>\n

Out of the 25 parishes, only 10 got the funds- each receiving Shs17m apart from one which got Shs7.6m.<\/p>\n

Masaka City Council youth councillor Rogers Buregeya wondered why the government rushed to release funds when it wasn\u2019t ready to operationalize the PDM programme launched by President Museveni in February 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet them allow beneficiaries to get their money and start business,\u201d he told Monitor<\/b> on October 17 adding that \u201calthough local leaders welcomed the PDM programme, the technicalities involved are impeding its operationalization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rakai District Vice Chairperson Ismail Bwanika said they hoped beneficiaries would have accessed the money by October 2022 but their expectations have since started fading.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked with local leaders who mobilized our people to form Saccos at parish level and all the 73 Saccos got Shs8.9m each but they still have it on accounts unutilized,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n

In Lwengo, coffee farmer group member Abel Mukwaya disclosed that they got Shs14m as a Sacco but have not accessed the funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is on the account like flowers. We ask government to allow us use it,\u201d he said on October 17.<\/p>\n

In Bukomansimbi, the district\u2019s chairperson Fred Nyenje Kayira acknowledged receiving Shs500m which was shared among 62 Saccos, each getting Shs8m.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeeping that money on bank accounts serves no purpose, it simply shows government wasn\u2019t ready to roll out the PDM programme. We just pray what was envisaged at the start is achieved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Masaka Resident City Commissioner Ronald Katende indicated that: \u201cThe Saccos are ready to utilize the funds but are limited by guiding principles from line ministries.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, national PDM coordinator Dennis Galabuzi noted that the delays in allowing Saccos to use the money are aimed at avoiding previous mistakes in similar government-led poverty alleviation interventions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut soon, government will roll out a plan on how Saccos will access the money through PDM management committees at district and parish levels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Local leaders in Masaka Sub Region have asked government to allow targeted beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model (PDM) to utilise the funds which have been lying idle on Sacco bank accounts for over eight months. All Saccos across the region are still stuck with the first portion of PDM funds on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,240,928,234],"class_list":["post-38884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-masaka","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nGreater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Local leaders in Masaka Sub Region have asked government to allow targeted beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Local leaders in Masaka Sub Region have asked government to allow targeted beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-18T19:59:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-18T20:17:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"688\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-18T19:59:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-18T20:17:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds\"},\"wordCount\":431,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"Masaka\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds\",\"name\":\"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-18T19:59:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-18T20:17:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Local leaders in Masaka Sub Region have asked government to allow targeted beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":688,\"caption\":\"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds - Uganda","description":"Local leaders in Masaka Sub Region have asked government to allow targeted beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds","og_description":"Local leaders in Masaka Sub Region have asked government to allow targeted beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-10-18T19:59:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-18T20:17:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":688,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds","datePublished":"2022-10-18T19:59:35+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-18T20:17:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds"},"wordCount":431,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","Masaka","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds","name":"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg","datePublished":"2022-10-18T19:59:35+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-18T20:17:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Local leaders in Masaka Sub Region have asked government to allow targeted beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_8-634f09d74e56e.jpg","width":1024,"height":688,"caption":"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/greater-masaka-leaders-ask-govt-to-allow-saccos-access-pdm-funds#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Greater Masaka leaders ask govt to allow Saccos access PDM funds"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}