Parish Development Model · Operational layer
Extending PDM from
parish administration
to village operations.
PDMIS provides national programme administration and reporting. GIRA extends programme execution to the village by equipping LC1 Chairpersons, Parish Chiefs and Local Governments with the operational tools required to mobilise communities, monitor enterprises, verify households, resolve issues and continuously update programme performance.
Position
Not a replacement. Not a competing database. Not another parallel government system.
GIRA is the local government operational layer that continuously feeds verified, real-time intelligence into PDMIS and other national systems.
System architecture
One ecosystem, two roles.
The national instruments hold the programme record. GIRA operates at the village. Verified operational intelligence travels upward continuously — every village activity becomes national intelligence.
Government of Uganda · national programme instruments
Government of Uganda
Policy and appropriation
Ministry of Local Government
Sector stewardship
Parish Development Model
Programme design and funding
National PDMIS
Programme record, parish administration, official reporting
Unchanged by GIRA. PDMIS remains the authoritative programme record and the source of official reporting.
GIRA · village operations platform
Citizen services
- Household registry
- Enterprise monitoring
- Community mobilisation
LC1 operations
- Service requests
- Community reporting
- Performance monitoring
Operates where development actually happens. Not a parallel database — an operational layer whose every action is captured once, at source, by the officer accountable for it.
Verified operational data flows back into
PDMIS
Programme record updated from the field
District dashboards
Sub-county and parish performance
National dashboards
Programme performance nationwide
Planning
Budgeting against observed need
Monitoring & evaluation
Verified outcome evidence
Executive reporting
Cabinet and partner briefings
Bringing PDM to every village
Extending PDM beyond reporting.
PDMIS provides structured programme management and national reporting. GIRA complements this by enabling continuous engagement with citizens, enterprise groups and village leadership. It captures operational intelligence at the point where development actually happens — within communities — and transforms it into verified information that supports parish, sub-county, district and national decision making.
PDMIS
programme recordNational programme management
The authoritative programme record. It administers the Parish Development Model, holds official parish data and produces the national reporting that Government, Parliament and partners rely on.
GIRA
operational layerVillage operations & citizen engagement
The operational layer at the point where development actually happens. It equips LC1 Chairpersons, Parish Chiefs and Local Governments to mobilise communities, monitor enterprises and verify households — then returns that verified intelligence to the programme record.
The flow
GIRA
Village operations
Verified operational intelligence
Signed, timestamped, attributable
PDMIS
Programme record
District
Local government oversight
Ministry
Sector stewardship
Cabinet
National decision
Household operational lifecycle
Every stage has a name against it.
A household is not a row in a survey. It moves through ten operational stages, each with a responsible officer, an instrument that produces evidence, and a field it updates in the programme record.
Registration
Household enrolled with GPS point, head of household, dependants and enterprise interest.
Village register · USSD *165*8#
Responsible officer
LC1 Chairperson
LC1
Feeds PDMIS · Household roster
Households
452
Verification
Eligibility confirmed against PDM criteria; duplicates and ghost entries resolved before any disbursement.
Field verification with photo evidence
Responsible officer
Parish Chief
Parish
Feeds PDMIS · Verified beneficiary list
Households
431
Updates
Births, deaths, migration, land and income changes captured as they happen rather than at survey time.
Continuous register maintenance
Responsible officer
LC1 Chairperson
LC1
Feeds PDMIS · Register amendments
Households
431
Support received
Revolving fund receipt confirmed by the household, not only by the paying office.
Disbursement acknowledgement
Responsible officer
Community Development Officer
Sub-county
Feeds PDMIS · Disbursement confirmation
Households
388
Enterprise participation
Household linked to its PDM enterprise group, with attendance and contribution history.
Enterprise group roster
Responsible officer
Community Development Officer
Sub-county
Feeds PDMIS · Enterprise membership
Households
356
Training
Financial literacy, agronomy and record-keeping modules tracked per member.
Attendance register with signature
Responsible officer
Commercial Officer
Sub-county
Feeds PDMIS · Capacity-building returns
Households
292
Repayment
Each instalment serialised and reconciled to the group ledger; arrears visible the day they arise.
Receipted repayment ledger
Responsible officer
SACCO Committee
Village
Feeds PDMIS · Recovery performance
Households
271
Progress
Income, output and asset change measured against the household's own baseline.
Outcome observation
Responsible officer
District Production Officer
District
Feeds PDMIS · Outcome indicators
Households
214
Graduation
Household exits subsistence classification with an auditable evidence trail behind the claim.
Graduation certificate · QR verifiable
Responsible officer
Ministry of Local Government
National
Feeds PDMIS · Graduation register
Households
63
LC1
Chairperson
Knows individual households
Parish
Parish Chief
Knows every village
Sub-county
CDO / Commercial Officer
Knows every parish
District
CAO / Production Officer
Knows every sub-county
National
Ministry of Local Government
Knows programme performance nationwide
Enterprise intelligence
Twelve groups, continuously understood.
Enterprise health is derived from ordinary operational activity — meeting registers, repayment ledgers, attendance sheets — so a problem surfaces the day it appears rather than at the next reporting cycle.
Village enterprise dashboard
Bukesa Village · 12 PDM enterprise groups under continuous monitoring
Total PDM enterprise groups
12
Registered in Bukesa Village
Healthy
8
Meeting, repaying, trading
Require support
2
Early warning triggered
Dormant
2
No meeting recorded in 60 days
Women-led
5
42% of groups
Youth-led
4
33% of groups
Repayment rate
93%
Receipted and reconciled
Training completion
82%
Across four modules
Enterprises growing
7
Output up on own baseline
Enterprises at risk
3
Declining trend detected
AI recommended interventions
2
Awaiting LC1 decision
Households reached
356
Members across all groups
Actionable signals detected
Derived from operational activity, not from submitted reports — each with an owner and an escalation clock
Community Action Centre
Detection is useless without action.
The LC1 Chairperson can act on every signal from one place, and each action produces a record that travels upward with the officer's name attached.
Community Action Centre · LC1
What the Chairperson can actually do the moment a signal appears — each action leaves a record
Mobilise meeting
Meeting called, members notified by SMS and USSD
LC1 Chairperson · Meeting register
Schedule training
Session booked with the Commercial Officer and venue confirmed
Commercial Officer · Capacity-building returns
Notify SACCO
Committee alerted to an arrears or mandate issue
SACCO Committee · Group governance record
Refer to Parish Chief
Case handed up with evidence attached
Parish Chief · Referral trail
Request extension worker
Agricultural or veterinary dispatch requested
Sub-county extension · Support request
Escalate to sub-county
Unresolved matter raised with the Sub-county Chief
Sub-county Chief · Escalation log
Upload meeting minutes
Minutes attached, sealed and made QR verifiable
LC1 Chairperson · Meeting register
Verify households
Field verification opened against PDM eligibility criteria
Parish Chief · Verified beneficiary list
Confirm repayments
Instalments receipted and reconciled to the group ledger
SACCO Committee · Recovery performance
Report challenges
Implementation constraint logged with photo evidence
LC1 Chairperson · Field observation
Track follow-up
Due date set, owner assigned, clock running
Assigned officer · Follow-up register
Roll-up intelligence
Each level gains richer intelligence.
The same verified observation serves the household, the group, the village, the parish, the sub-county, the district, the Ministry and the national dashboard — captured once, at source.
01
Citizen
1
Own household, support received and repayment position
02
Enterprise
12 groups
Its members, meetings, contributions and trading
03
Village
452 households
Knows individual households
04
Parish
12 villages
Knows every village
05
Sub-county
6 parishes
Knows every parish
06
District
9 sub-counties
Knows every sub-county
07
Ministry
146 districts
Knows every district
08
National dashboard
10,595 parishes
Knows programme performance nationwide
Why this matters
From reporting to action.
Reporting tells Government what happened. GIRA tells Government what is happening right now — which means intervention becomes possible while it still changes the outcome.
Dormant enterprise groups
identified early
Households requiring support
identified early
Villages needing mobilisation
identified early
Repayment risks
identified early
Training gaps
identified early
Community issues
identified early
Emerging implementation challenges
identified early
Village Operations Centre · Bukesa Parish · Kampala Central
Bukesa Village
What an LC1 Chairperson sees when they sign in — the operational state of their village, and the four things they should do about it this week.
Population
2,186
Enumerated
Households
452
On the village register
Registered PDM households
431
95% of the register verified
Active enterprise groups
12
Constituted and trading
Healthy groups
8
Meeting and repaying
Groups requiring support
2
Early warning triggered
Dormant groups
2
No meeting in 60 days
Women participants
238
55% of members
Youth participants
164
38% of members
Repayment performance
93%
Receipted and reconciled
Training attendance
82%
Across four modules
Support requests
5
Open on the LC1 desk
Next community meeting
Bukesa Community Hall
Thursday, 10:00 AM
Dormant group reactivation · repayment review
Support requests
5
High priority alerts
2
Recommended actions this week
Generated from the signals above, ordered by consequence
Convene a reactivation meeting for the two dormant groups.
Schedule financial literacy training for the 18 members short of the threshold.
Refer one enterprise for agricultural extension support.
Verify five newly registered households before the next disbursement window.
▤ PDM operational intelligence · minister-ready exports
47 rows · 6 tables · Q1 FY2026/27Datasets below carry the same figures shown on this page, stamped with governance metadata for Power BI ingestion.
OFFICIAL — for ministerial use · minister-ready template
Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations
For Hon. Minister of Local Government · 4 sections · 3 decisions requested
Registered PDM households
431
95% of the Bukesa village register verified
Enterprise groups monitored
12
8 healthy · 2 require support · 2 dormant
Repayment performance
93%
Receipted and reconciled
Actionable signals open
10
Each with a named owner and escalation clock
| Stage | Responsible officer | Tier | Households | PDMIS field updated | Report Title | Reporting Period | Prepared For | Prepared By | Classification | Source System |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration | LC1 Chairperson | LC1 | 452 | Household roster | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
| Verification | Parish Chief | Parish | 431 | Verified beneficiary list | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
| Updates | LC1 Chairperson | LC1 | 431 | Register amendments | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
| Support received | Community Development Officer | Sub-county | 388 | Disbursement confirmation | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
| Enterprise participation | Community Development Officer | Sub-county | 356 | Enterprise membership | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
| Training | Commercial Officer | Sub-county | 292 | Capacity-building returns | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
| Repayment | SACCO Committee | Village | 271 | Recovery performance | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
| Progress | District Production Officer | District | 214 | Outcome indicators | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
| Graduation | Ministry of Local Government | National | 63 | Graduation register | Extending PDM from parish administration to village operations | Q1 FY2026/27 | Hon. Minister of Local Government | GIRA — Local Government Operating System · TRISPHERE GROUP (U) LTD | OFFICIAL — for ministerial use | GIRA — Local Government Operating System |
Strategic statement
PDMIS provides the national programme record. GIRA provides the operational intelligence that keeps the programme alive at community level. Together they create a complete digital ecosystem — from the household and enterprise, through the village and parish, to district leadership and national oversight — ensuring that every intervention is visible, measurable, verifiable and actionable.