The Office of the President, through the Department of Socio-Economic Monitoring and Research has launched an oversight Inspection exercise of three key Government Wealth Creation Programmes in the Teso and Lango Sub-regions.
The focus of the exercise will be on the Parish Development Model, Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation (Emyooga), and the Cattle Restocking Programme.
While addressing the press at Uganda Media Centre on Wednesday, Minister of State, Office of the President (Economic Monitoring) Hon. Sandra Santa Alum (MP) said the programmes have been selected because they are among the Government’s priority interventions for improving household incomes, expanding financial inclusion and enabling families to move from subsistence into the money economy.
“PDM brings enterprise financing and economic services closer to households through parish-level institutions; Emyooga promotes savings, affordable credit and enterprise development among organised occupational groups; while the Cattle Compensation Programme restores productive assets and livelihoods in communities affected by historical cattle losses in Teso and Lango subregions” she said.
Given the substantial public resources invested in these interventions, the inspection will establish whether they are effective, reaching the intended beneficiaries and generating the production, employment and household-income gains required to support Uganda’s transition towards a tenfold-expanded economy.
“The team will engage district leaders, technical officers, and beneficiaries. They will review records, inspect enterprises, and hold direct discussions to understand the realities on the ground. We want to know what is working so we can replicate it, and we want to identify gaps so we can fix them” she added.
However, the team is hoping to pay close attention to concerns such as irregular beneficiary selection, weak SACCO governance, poor record keeping, delayed fund access, low loan recovery, and the diversion of funds.
“Where weaknesses are identified, corrective action will be recommended. Where there is evidence of abuse of public resources, the matter will be referred to the mandated authorities to handle”.
She appealed to the media to support the exercise through accurate reporting.
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