With data available, we hope for the best,” he added. “This is very unprecedented to have all stakeholders involved and working together in implementing a government programme. Ojok who also doubles as the deputy executive director for National Planning Authority (NPA), noted that unlike other programmes before, PDM involves all stakeholders including Ministries Department and Agencies (MDA), Local Governments (LGs), MPs, and the private sector to ensure the success of the programme with tight supervision, and avoid operating in silos. President Yoweri Museveni last week tasked the ministers to sensitize the masses within their areas about PDM. In any case, what will you be planning for without data to guide you?” he added. You can never achieve anything without data/statistics. That is why this data collection exercise was instituted to ensure data informs what is to be done in all parishes. ![]() “We are looking at the poor among the poorest. Ivan Mweru UBOS data collector taking a picture of the house during the data collection exercise in Manafwa District. The government allocated sh1trillion for the programme to be distributed among the 10,594 parishes across the country for the 2022/23 FY. The programme aims at getting 39 % percent of the country’s 43 million population that is out of the money economy. In a sideline interview with the New Vision, during the PDM sensitization workshop at the Katakwi district headquarters, Ojok said all group members are to be verified using the generated village registers to ensure they are the right people. “That is why we have been training data collectors and enrolling them out as quickly as possible to have this data ready on time to inform government’s planning before the funds are disbursed to various groups,” he said. ![]() Sunday Lameck, a Van Data Clerk in Baronger ward collecting data from Patrick Oumi, the LC 1 Baronger Parish as his wife Rose Mary Ouma looks on during the data collection exercise in Lira District. UBOS in partnership with the Ministry of ICT & National Guidance has announced the ongoing process of baseline data collection to inform the government’s implementation of the PDM. ![]() Others who do not fall into this category can join other programs like Emyooga and others,” he explained. The data we are collecting will help the government to know who is eligible and ensure only the poorest benefit. “This program was designed to lift the 39% of Ugandans who are still subsistence agriculture. The use of UBOS village registers is aimed at avoiding funds going to the wrong groups. (L-R) Musa Ecweru State Minister for works, Anna Adeke Ebaju, with Joseph Andrew Kullo MP Toroma county Katakwi District interacting during the meeting between political leaders and District Administrators on PDM program in Katakwi District. The UBOS board member, Charles Oleny Ojok explained that after the data collection exercise, UBOS is to generate village registers with detailed information for each household, which will be easily used by the implementers to identify the real beneficiaries who are supposed to benefit from the programme. ![]() To ensure the Parish Development Model (PDM) benefits the targeted persons, the government is to use the village registers generated by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) during the baseline data collection.
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