BY JOACKIM KULE
Government has called upon the political and cultural leaders in the Rwenzori region to take up the role of supervising and ensuring the effective utilization of the projects that the government has established to enhance the socio-economic standards of the citizens in the region.
The call was sounded today evening by Brig. Gen. Philip Mugarura, the Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) in the Rwenzori Region, during a meeting in which they were interacting with the leadership of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu at Virina Gardens in Kasese town.
The meeting was aimed popularizing the message of socio-economic programs including PDM to the kingdom leaders in Kasese district.
Brig. Gen Mugarura indicated that the leaders should make follow ups on the projects including the coffee hullers, fish processing facility and constructed market facilities among others that were given to the people in the district.
Dr. Edward Katende from the Uganda Development Forum said that the government was committed to ensuring that all the programs including the Parish Development Model are sustained in the communities.
He stressed that by the end of current political term, every parish will have received more than one billion shillings.
However, he said that they would no longer give money to the beneficiaries, who would have not attained practical skills training about the projects that they intend to implement under the Parish Development Model program.
He called on the people to ensure that they effectively and productively utilize the money that they secure from the government, saying that the proximity of Kasese to the DRC paves way for a good market of the products from their projects.
Rt. Hon. Benson Kule Baritazale, the Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu Prime Minister, told the visiting team that the Kingdom under her five-year strategic development plan captures enhancing the socio-economic incomes of the subjects and other communities in the region.
According to him, they expect the people’s incomes to be enhanced through agro-industralizatiion, tourism, innovation and digital transformation among others.
During the meeting, a delegation from the Operation Wealth Creation and Uganda Development Forum bought 15 kits and handed a contribution of shillings 1 million towards the Omusinga’s birthday run and coronation celebrations. ENDS