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The Cabinet has given the
green light to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics – UBOS to conduct the national
population and housing census rescheduled for 10 May 2024.
The Cabinet’s resolution
comes a month after UBOS, last month postponed the exercise citing delays in
procuring crucial equipment.
Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, the
Minister of ICT, and National Guidance revealed that the logistical gaps that occasioned
the delay have been cleared by the Government, a factor which prompted the Cabinet
to consider and approve the statistics agency to reschedule the exercise.
Uganda conducts population
censuses every after 10 years. Dr. Baryomunsi explained that to facilitate a
smooth exercise, the government has declared 10 May 2024 a public holiday which
shall be officially announced before the 10-day enumeration exercise.
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According
to Dr. Baryomunsi, the 2024 census will also be the first census since Uganda
attained independence from the British Colonialists in 1962 which will be
conducted digitally using smart devices for accurate data collection, analysis,
and dissemination.
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Census provides
information on the age and sex distribution, in addition to household
composition and size, all of which are vital in determining the needs of
different segments of the population to influence subsequent planning and decision-making
geared at social and economic transformation.
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According to Dr. Chris
Mukiza, the Executive Director of UBOS, over 110,000 enumerators are to be
deployed in enumerable areas across 135 districts in the country. Equally, UBOS
will recruit and deploy 10,900 parish supervisors to complement the work of IT
experts.
Uganda’s last national housing
census was carried out in 2014 which projected the country’s total population at
45 million people. Uganda will be fourth on the East African Community - EAC bloc after her neighbors;
Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania to collect the forthcoming census data digitally.
The first-ever digital census
will be Uganda’s six post-independence population census which will cost the
government 339.6 billion Shillings. Of the amount 10 percent, about 34 billion is
to be financed by the United Nations Fund for Population
Activities – UNFPA.
Ochola's journalism career begun from Radio King 90.2 FM in Gulu around 2009, and Radio Rupiny 95.7 Fm under Vision Group in 2012. He also reported for Mighty Fire 91.5 Fm, Kitgum in 2015 before joining Wizarts Foundation in 2017.
He has been reporting for Uganda Radio Network (URN) since 2017 before being posted as Bureau Chief Kitgum, and latr Gulu between 2018 - 2021. Currently, he reports from Parliament.
