Uganda’s 46m people are scattered in the country’s 17 statistical regions which according to Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) are: Kampala, Buganda, Busoga, Bukedi, Bugisu, Sebei, Teso, Karamoja, Lango, Acholi, West Nile, Madi, Bunyoro, Tooro, Rwenzori, Kigezi and Ankole). Of the 46m people, 24m are females and the remaining 22m males. Indeed, with exception of […]
The recently released final census report 2024 corroborates the fact that Uganda’s mental health crisis is actually deeper than is always appreciated. That actually, 1 in every 10 Ugandans (or 10%) aged 10 years and above, is experiencing “psychological distress” of some sort. Uganda’s population is roughly 46m people and of these, about 14m are […]
In strict adherence to the standard reflected under the globally-accepted eight Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) questions, the UBOS enumerators prudently used the May 2024 census enumeration exercise to ask people in Uganda’s 10.7m households the appropriate food security-related questions. Specifically, these are questions like how often household members ever worry about not being sure […]
In a bid to reduce on the number of households still gripped in subsistence economic activities and way of survival (mainly through rudimentary agriculture, gathering & hunting), President Museveni came up with Parish Development Model (PDM) under his current term of government. And according to Secretary to Treasury Ramathan Goobi, as of last November Shs2.06trn […]
We know he is naturally a very busy person but President Museveni’s brother Gen Salim Saleh should create time and personally read chapter 12 of the newly-released 2024 census final report. It’s a 351 pages report whose authors, led by UBOS ED Dr. Chris Mukiza and Governing Board Chairman Dr. Albert Byamugisha, dedicated chapter 12 […]
The final copy of the 2024 census report is out. It’s a 351 pages report whose contents have duly been authenticated by UBOS Executive Director Dr Chris Mukiza and governing Board Chairman Dr. Albert Byamugisha. The report captures many things and economic development indicators including the proportion of the country’s 46m people population that lives […]
Housing living conditions in every country are a key indicator of how well citizens, children inclusive, are living. In the case of Uganda, this is a mandatory requirement imposed on the government especially under the Children’s Act, the Constitution and also the Sustainable Development Goals no. 6 and 7. Goal 6 is directly related to […]
