KAMPALA, UGANDA – The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has announced the release of UGX 259 billion for the Parish Development Model (PDM), marking the first capitalisation tranche for the 2025/26 financial year.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The announcement was made by the Finance Minister, Hon. Matia Kasaija, during a formal address on Tuesday at the Ministry of Finance headquarters in Kampala.
The minister stated that all 10,589 verified PDM Savings and Credit Co-operative Organizations (SACCOs) across the country will receive UGX 50 million each, with the funds expected to be credited to their accounts starting Wednesday, 19, 2025.
“This is a clear demonstration that the Parish Development Model is no longer a theory; it is a reality. It is in your parishes. It is in your households. PDM is growing bigger, stronger, and more impactful,” Minister Kasaija declared.
The disbursement follows the established PDM policy, where the government releases funds in two tranches of UGX 50 million for each parish SACCO every six months.
This latest injection brings the total direct transfers to parishes to a staggering UGX 3.216 trillion, ensuring a continuous flow of capital to sustain grassroots economic activities.
The direct transfer system, the cornerstone of the PDM, has now delivered at least UGX 300 million to each of the 10,589 parishes.
Crucially, 99% of these funds have already reached an estimated 3.27 million Ugandans, empowering households and bypassing bureaucracy to catalyze development from the ground up.
The Parish Development Model (PDM) was officially launched by the Government of Uganda in February 2022 and rolled out nationwide in the Financial Year 2022/2023, following initial pilot programs.
The program is the government’s flagship strategy to transition 39% of households from subsistence to the money economy, using the parish as the primary hub for planning and service delivery.
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