KISORO: PDM national deputy coordinator Jovrine Kaliisa warns lazy PDM supervisors,directs them to allow locals choose right beneficiaries of PDM money. .

 

Kalisa at Rubuguri playground.

-Parish Development Model implementers in Kisoro district have been directed to allow local communities to choose the right beneficiaries of PDM money. The directive was announced by Jovrine Kaliisa Kyomukama , the national deputy PDM coordinator.

Mrs.Jovrine Kaliisa announced the directive during the meeting with sub county chiefs, Community development officers, parish chiefs and town agents held on Wednesday 5th July 2023 at district council hall. She said that President Yoweri Museveni who is the PDM national coordinator introduced the new directive of accessing the money following setbacks by some districts in disbursing the funds.

She noted that PDM is a government led initiative aimed at improving household income levels and local communities have the right decision to recommend the right beneficiaries through their enterprise groups. She gave implementers up to Monday next week to have finalized training beneficiaries about business plan and they immediately start receiving the money using the new guidelines

Mrs.Jovrine Kaliisa blamed PDM implementers of sleeping on their jobs and denied beneficiaries from accessing the funds in time. She noted that some districts disbursed the funds and challenged the implementers in Kisoro to rectify the errors that were previously encountered.

She went further and reminded implementers on how government ordered them to disburse the funds in January this year as they waited for the system but they kept deaf ears

Kalisa poses for a group photo with KDLG civil servants

She cautioned PDM implementers that they will be held responsible if NRM party loses elections in Kisoro. She explained that NRM will be voted back into power if its pledges are fulfilled adding that they are the ones to implement the manifesto

Mrs.Jovrine Kaliisa further advised PDM implementers to use bottom up approach and bring back trust from the locals who nowadays see civil servants as thieves

Reports show that less than 100 people were able to acces PDM money ever since the program was launched in Kisoro on 30^th May 2023 at Gatete playground in Rukundo town council.

Former Kisoro municipality member of parliament honorable Sam Byibesho who was present in the meeting praised president Museveni for the PDM saying he is optimistic that it will improve on household income levels once the program is utilized well.

Kyomukama Jovrine Kaliisa makes ground supervision in Bikimbiri

 When Kyomukama Jovrine stepped at the gate to Bukimbiri county residents of Nyundo Sub County pinned their parish chiefs on corruption, neglect of duty and incompetence in implementing the parish development model (PDM) project.

Angry residents addressed these issues to the PDM National deputy coordinator, Kyomukama Jovrine Kaliisa on Wednesday 5 July 2023 during her ground supervision of the project's progress in Bukimbiri County.

Her visit to the area comes days after the area MP castigated the project's guidelines that do not favour most of the needy citizens.

Kaliisa visited Nyundo sub county headquarters aiming to meet with PDM SACCO leaders and beneficiaries but her efforts fell down; they were allegedly not mobilised. Only 8 people out of over 7000 turned up.

This resulted into a dramatic session as she threatened to suspend the project in the area after suspecting lack of seriousness but the few people present blamed sub county leadership for not mobilising. This forced the PDM coordinator to shift the meeting to Kabahunde trading centre.

At Kabahunde trading centre, residents asked the national PDM deputy coordinator to arrest the parish chiefs, especially the ones of Nyundo and Bubuye parishes.

Kalisa listening to people's complaints in Nyundo

They accused them of laziness at work, using selective methods while choosing people to benefit from PDM, distorting money from them and lack of enough information about PDM.

Hon. Jovrine Karisa warned that any PDM supervisor that will sleep on his job will be arrested and detained as they will be frustrating a presidential pledge. She pardoned parish chiefs in Nyundo and gave them only this week to register beneficiaries and get money not later than Thursday next week.

She also noted that community members will choose their people to benefit from the project and disregard the computer system.

She also noted that each person can apply for any amount of money not more than one million shillings depending on his business plan (Ekibaro) but not by listening to advice from the loans committees.

In Rubuguri and Nyanamo town councils, beneficiaries were found ready and prepared for the funds. Hon. Jovrine commended the town councils' leadership and ordered extension workers to train them on how to make business plans this week and start receiving money by Monday next week.

Beneficiaries praised her for making it to the ground and answering their questions.