President Yoweri Museveni has tasked accounting officers to be strict with issues of accountability in wealth creation programmes for rural poverty eradication.
Museveni mentioned programmes just like the Parish Growth Mannequin (PDM) require transparency to benefit its beneficiaries.
“The ideology and politics of the NRM is meant to resolve folks’s issues with avenues like wealth creation by way of agriculture. I urge the folks of Mitooma to make the most of espresso farming,” he mentioned.
The President was hosted by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, and the duo addressed a rally at Rwakitandara Playground in Ruhinda North County, Mitooma District on Sunday, 28 July 2024.
The rally was preceded by a thanksgiving Mass for Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa and his father, Daudi Bangirana, held in the course of the consecration of St. Karoli Lwanga Kigarama Catholic Parish by the Archbishop of Mbarara Archdiocese, His Grace Lambert Bainomugisha.
The President counseled the wealth technology tasks within the space and donated Shs50 million to Ruhinda North Girls’s Financial savings and Credit score Cooperative Organisation.
The Speaker, Anita Amongst, hailed the Deputy Speaker for a seamless working relationship in Parliament.
She additionally thanked President Museveni and First Girl Janet Museveni for supporting household values, which she mentioned has supported the sleek working of Parliament.
“Mr President, I request you shield the Legislature. We’re able to work with you to realize what we now have promised to Ugandans,” mentioned Amongst.
The Deputy Speaker urged locals within the district to make the most of espresso farming in order to advertise the event of family incomes by way of agriculture.
“We have now mannequin espresso farmers who’ve set a superb instance for others, however we’d like subsidies on fertilisers. I’ve established nursery beds for our folks and there are 35,000 espresso seedlings to distribute. However, we now have to first see the arable land that locals will use to plant the espresso,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the PDM programme in his constituency is progressing effectively albeit situations of corruption, including that individuals who misused the funds have been arrested, and others will probably be apprehended too.
Mitooma District Chairperson, Benon Karyeija, requested the President to help the tea sector by way of help to farmers throughout the nation, sounding alarm over the dwindling tea plantations within the district.
The consecration Mass of St. Karoli Lwanga Kigarama Catholic Parish that preceded the rally, attracted a bunch of dignitaries together with Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, a bunch of ministers and Members of Parliament.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.