The Ministry of Finance has said that the Parish Development Model (PDM) funds will be released in installments due to cash flow challenges.
Amos Lugoloobi, the Minister of State for Planning told Parliament’s Finance Committee yesterday that each of the parishes across the country is to receive 100 million Shillings this financial year 2022/2023 through Parish SACCOs.
Lugoloobi had been invited before the committee to explain budget cuts to different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), according to the releases in the first quarter of the financial year.
Lugoloobi said that it wasn’t true that the government had reduced money under the PDM but that it was the payment method that had changed.
He said that in the first quarter, the government was to release 25 million Shillings, 50 million in the second quarter and 25 million in the final quarter of the financial year.
Speaking about SACCOs that had received less than 17 million, the Minister said that these would still receive a top up through a supplementary budget of 112 billion Shillings that is to be submitted by the government.
Earlier, MPs noted that several parishes have to date not received any money from the Ministry of Finance while others have received less funds.
Luttamaguzi Ssemakula, the Nakaseke South MP said that giving money in installments would not adequately meet the purpose of the program.
