{"id":52476,"date":"2023-07-13T11:24:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T11:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/pdm-beneficiaries-cry-foul-over-failure-to-withdraw-funds"},"modified":"2023-07-13T12:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T12:42:05","slug":"pdm-beneficiaries-cry-foul-over-failure-to-withdraw-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/pdm-beneficiaries-cry-foul-over-failure-to-withdraw-funds","title":{"rendered":"PDM beneficiaries cry foul over failure to withdraw funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Beneficiaries of Parish Development Model (PDM) funds in Butebo District are crying foul after the disbursement of funds was halted over alleged anomalies that occurred during the registration process.<\/p>\n

Authorities in the district said despite distributing the Shs6.1b PDM funds that the district received from the government to the beneficiaries\u2019 Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (Sacco) bank accounts, they are unable to withdraw the money because there are discrepancies with the data collected by the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance.<\/p>\n

Mr James Okurut, the Butebo LC5 chairperson, told Daily Monitor on Monday that the funds were meant to benefit 61 groups.<\/p>\n

\u201c…there was a challenge with the data that was collected and entered by the Ministry of ICT. The registered beneficiaries were rejected by the system,\u201d Mr Okurut said.<\/p>\n

He said the issue will be addressed within two weeks so that the beneficiaries start receiving their money.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we speak, the district has started the verification exercise to enable the beneficiaries to open personal bank accounts,\u2019\u2019 Mr Okurut said.<\/p>\n

Mr Okurut assured the beneficiaries that it wasn\u2019t the district\u2019s intention to delay disbursing those funds.<\/p>\n

The district PDM focal person, Mr Joseph Kalyebi, said despite the delay, the programme is running well.<\/p>\n

The Butebo Resident District Commissioner, Mr Paul Kalikwani, assured the beneficiaries that they would receive the money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PDM is aimed at helping people at the parish level to increase their household incomes and join the money economy and nobody will fail that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Kalikwani warned the beneficiaries against engaging in non-viable enterprise if they get the money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grace period of repayment is within 24 months but [there is] an additional 12 months, which brings to 36 months the period to have cleared the money,\u201d Mr Kalikwani, said.<\/p>\n

The Chief Administrative Officer, Ms Florence Nabukwasi, said funds are interest-free compared to commercial loans, which she said people have been accessing and at the end of the day they lose their properties.<\/p>\n

Beneficiaries react<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr Paul Okiror, one of those scheduled to benefit from PDM, said the delay to release the funds has had negative consequences.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis money should have been disbursed immediately so that we can implement our selected enterprises. Other districts have got the money but us, no one and their explanation doesn\u2019t make sense to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ms Annet Nabwire, another resident expecting to benefit from PDM, said they did all the documentation and their certificates were certified but wondered what could have gone wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they don\u2019t have money, they should tell us. We can do other things,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. Beneficiaries of Parish Development Model (PDM) funds in Butebo District are crying foul after the disbursement of funds was halted over alleged anomalies that occurred during the registration process. 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