NRM manifesto implementation now at 84%
By Nile Post- The NRM government says in its midterm it has full filled 84% of the 2021-2026 pledges as indicated in its manifesto.
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja says key among the achievements are the direct employment opportunities registered during the implementation period with over 1 million jobs created with the support from government programs like Parish Development Model with a boost of shs1.0594 trillion .
The NRM government begun this political term in 2021 having won the general elections based on the aspirations that were made through the manifesto 2021-2026 being aligned to the National development plan III and has guided government service delivery since then
In the midterm performance, the NRM government has alleviated the agriculture Sector increasing from 39.1trillion shillings in the FY 2021/2022 to shs43trillion in the FY 2022/23.
In the markets restructuring, government has constructed 12 operational markets, Kabale, Mbarara,Kasese,Arua,Masaka,Kitoro,Kitgum,Busia,Lugazi,Moroto,Soroti and Tororo with a vendor capacity of 17,399 spread across all the markets.
On the Standard Gauge Railway has approved a resettlement action plan with shs 151.656 billion paid to 5,023 Project Affected Person (PAPs) acquiring 1522.44 acres.
In the education sector, the government has completed the construction of 102 out of 117 secondary schools with the number of seed schools standing at 100.
In her speech read by the Minister for the Presidency, Milly Babalanda, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja noted the two and half years the NRM government has managed to realize 84% of the pledges with hopes of hitting 100% before the beginning next term.
“I am happy to inform you that at midterm that is two and half years, the NRM government has been able to achieve 35% of the commitments, while 49% of the commitments are on track to be achieved. In simple terms if we attain the required resources as planned, Government can easily realize an 84% achievement of the manifesto commitments at the end of the implementation period,” Nabbanja said.
As government kick starts its manifesto week, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja directed all ministers and local government leaders including those in the party structures to preach the commitments and progress of the Manifesto and strategies panned to finalize implementation.
In the course of the next two weeks, different sectors, ministers, technical people and many others will be informing Ugandans about what is happening in their respective dockets as far as manifesto implantation is concerned