Luzzi Challenges PDM Administrators: Prove Ugx 1 Million Can Build a Sustainable Business
Mr. Abraham Luzzi is still waiting for five Parish Development Model (PDM) administrators to come forward, take Ugx 1 million each, establish a business, and demonstrate within one week what can realistically be achieved with that amount.
He has vowed to publicly demand accountability if they fail to establish a meaningful and sustainable business. According to him, Ugandans are tired of policies and programmes that appear to play with the minds and hopes of people struggling with poverty.
At the centre of his challenge is a fundamental question: can Ugx 1 million realistically start and sustain a viable business under the current economic conditions? If so, what kind of business, and what are the actual costs involved? He also asks whether qualified economic experts are genuinely designing and implementing these programmes, or whether critical realities are being overlooked.
Mr. Luzzi believes the President may not have been given the full picture. He says Ugandans deserve transparency, evidence, and accountability. “Something has been wrong for far too long, and it is time for citizens to wake up and ask serious questions,” he said.
He has invited anyone who thinks he is wrong to challenge him. “I have the Ugx 1 million. Come and demonstrate what sustainable business can realistically be established with it,” he declared.
Mr. Luzzi further argues that giving business capital to someone who has no food, no clean water, no decent shelter, serious health challenges, no school fees for their children, no clothing, and no reliable market for the business they are expected to run cannot by itself solve poverty.
“This is not simply about giving people money. It is about understanding the actual economic circumstances of the people being targeted and designing a programme that can genuinely move them out of poverty,” he said.
He called for a careful examination of the programme, the exposure of weaknesses where they exist, and the demand for evidence-based reforms. If the objective is truly to fight poverty, he suggested a system where people can access adequate, affordable, and repayable financing—perhaps starting from a realistic minimum such as Ugx 30 million—rather than relying entirely on small grants that may not be sufficient to establish sustainable enterprises.
Mr. Luzzi concluded that Ugandans deserve an economic empowerment programme that is practical, transparent, accountable, and capable of producing measurable results.
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