During the engagement, President Museveni was impressed with the score made by the PDM, saying it has managed to elevate some Ugandans from subsistence way of life into the money economy. President Museveni also criticized local leaders for failing to engage journalists in spreading the PDM message and pledged to hold them accountable for this oversight. President Museveni noted that PDM is a socio-economic empowerment fund meant to avail financial support to all entrepreneurial ideas from people qualified for the program. As a gesture of support to the media fraternity, the President contributed Shs100 million to the Journalists SACCO in Kampala. On their part, the journalists expressed gratitude to President Museveni for the support and the countrywide tour to promote the PDM.