Legislators have expressed discontent over the reported fraud surrounding disbursement of funds under the Parish Development Model (PDM) to beneficiaries.
MPs are primarily concerned with the Wendi mobile Application used by
"In my district and many others,
Nambozo raised this as a matter of national importance during the plenary sitting held on Thursday,
The Deputy Speaker,
"I have been hearing rumors, people complaining that there is corruption in PDM, saying that money is going to this and that individual," he said.
Tayebwa mentioned that he was unaware of the changes in disbursement of PDM funds from Parish based Saccos to beneficiaries' phones using the Wendi App, which he asked the Prime Minister,
"We agreed that every time government makes changes in implementation of PDM you update this House, so that we go mobilize our people and inform them of the changes. I do not even know they changed to the App, people do not even know who owns it," Tayebwa said.
He asked Nabbanja to furnish
Nabbanja reiterated that the Wendi App was introduced to address long and frustrating lines that PDM beneficiaries were facing while in banking halls.
"I want our people to remember how beneficiaries used to lineup in banks, it became hectic and we decided to use an App where beneficiaries could receive money through their phones," she said.
She said she was aware of the App's technical glitches and that her office was scheduled to resolve the matter with
"We are having a meeting with the Managing Director,
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