Officials to probe NAADS in Amuru
Apr 13, 2010
THE Government plans to send a team to Amuru to investigate the use of NAADS funds, President Yoweri Museveni has said.
By Milton Olupot
THE Government plans to send a team to Amuru to investigate the use of NAADS funds, President Yoweri Museveni has said.
The implementation of development programmes in the district will also be investigated, he said.
“My people are soon coming to ask you where the money is. Some people thought that because of (Joseph) Kony, we would not ask for the money. NAADS started in 2001 when people were in the camps. If they were in the camps, why didn’t they send the money back,†the President asked.
Museveni, who is on a popularisation tour of the Prosperity-for-All programme, made the disclosure on Friday while addressing a gathering at Okwee Primary School.
The programme, which is implemented under NAADS, is aimed at fighting poverty through initiating income-generating projects.
Museveni wondered why projects that do not need large acres of land were not implemented in the camps. He warned those who misappropriate government funds of arrest.
“Eating government money is like touching the smelly insect locally known as abiling. You touch it you also smell like that insect,†he told the crowd, according to a State House statement.
The President promised the residents more funds in the next financial year.
“NAADS will not end this year. It will continue so that those who did not benefit will also get the opportunity of benefiting from the programme. Next year, we shall put more money to NAADS because the main aim is to teach people in rural areas how to farm in a modern way,†he explained.
Museveni encouraged the locals to join savings, credit and co-operative organisations, saying they will be controlled by the Government and directly supervised by sub-county chiefs.
THE Government plans to send a team to Amuru to investigate the use of NAADS funds, President Yoweri Museveni has said.
The implementation of development programmes in the district will also be investigated, he said.
“My people are soon coming to ask you where the money is. Some people thought that because of (Joseph) Kony, we would not ask for the money. NAADS started in 2001 when people were in the camps. If they were in the camps, why didn’t they send the money back,†the President asked.
Museveni, who is on a popularisation tour of the Prosperity-for-All programme, made the disclosure on Friday while addressing a gathering at Okwee Primary School.
The programme, which is implemented under NAADS, is aimed at fighting poverty through initiating income-generating projects.
Museveni wondered why projects that do not need large acres of land were not implemented in the camps. He warned those who misappropriate government funds of arrest.
“Eating government money is like touching the smelly insect locally known as abiling. You touch it you also smell like that insect,†he told the crowd, according to a State House statement.
The President promised the residents more funds in the next financial year.
“NAADS will not end this year. It will continue so that those who did not benefit will also get the opportunity of benefiting from the programme. Next year, we shall put more money to NAADS because the main aim is to teach people in rural areas how to farm in a modern way,†he explained.
Museveni encouraged the locals to join savings, credit and co-operative organisations, saying they will be controlled by the Government and directly supervised by sub-county chiefs.