
Thousands of Parish Development Model beneficiaries in Uganda's Busia District shared accounts of household transformation and economic progress during a weekend meeting with NRM National Treasurer Barbara Nekesa Oundo, according to The Scribe. Nekesa, on a monitoring and orientation tour in Samia Bugwe, inspected projects, assessed progress, and engaged farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs on proper utilisation of PDM funds. Beneficiaries thanked President Yoweri Museveni for championing grassroots poverty eradication through the programme.
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