Museveni Convenes NRM Caucus Meeting over Implementation of Parish Development Model

President Yoweri Museveni has called for the NRM Parliamentary Caucus meeting over the implementation of the Parish Development model for Financial Year 2021/22.

The NRM caucus meeting is scheduled to meet on Friday, 20th, August, 2021 at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.

According to Government Chief Whip, Thomas Tayebwa, the purpose of the meeting is for the NRM MPs to discuss with the President who also doubles as the Chairperson of the NRM party modalities on the implementation of the Parish Development Model.

The Parish Development Model is a government strategy that Parliament adopted last year for accelerating wealth and job creation, and improving service delivery at parish level. Its intent is to take government to the people in a more effective way through: via data gathering, community mobilization and mindset change, area-based enterprise selection & development, provision of financial services, co-ordination of government programmes, and feedback by the people on government services and wealth programmes.

The Model was identified in the National Development Plan (NDP III) as a means to deepen decentralization and citizen participation in local economic development. Government will require approximately Shs729 billion annually to operationalize this Model.