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  • Good News as Census Final Report Shows 7 in every 10 Ugandans Have More Than One Pair of Shoes & Decent Clothing

    Good News as Census Final Report Shows 7 in every 10 Ugandans Have More Than One Pair of Shoes & Decent Clothing

    The final report for the 2024 census exercise is out and it shows general improvement in the quality of life majority Ugandans are living.

    The country roughly has 46m people of whom 44.4m live in well designated households (technically categorised as the household population) and another 1.6m are categorised to be the non-household population.

    This latter category refers to people who reside in establishments like hotels. The same category comprises of others who were enumerated from the streets like street children, employment camps, diplomatic residences and others in transit (who where basically enumerated as travellers in buses etc).

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    In total, Uganda has 10.7m households, which the report defines as a group of people who live and eat together. The average size of the Ugandan household is established to be comprising of 4.2 persons compared to 2014 when it was 4.7 per household. And briefly, this is how it has evolved over decades: 4.7 during the 1969 census and 4.8 in 1991.

    When it comes to how decently and how well members of these households (the 44.4m people) live, the report shows that 69% of the 10.7m households reported to have their members or occupants owning at least one pair of shoes and more.

    The same 69% of households confirmed having each and everyone of their members or inhabitants having at least 2 sets of clothing and more. This indicates improvement in ordinary Ugandans’ quality of life inspite of all the other challenges.

    UBOS census enumerators obtained this information through putting specific questions to households’ heads and members during the actual census exercise.

  • The Executive Director/ Chief Statistician Dr. Chris Mukiza graces the UBOS staff quarterly general meeting

    The Executive Director/ Chief Statistician Dr. Chris Mukiza graces the UBOS staff quarterly general meeting

    Yesterday, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) held a staff quarterly general meeting.

    In his maiden address, UBOS chief Dr. Chris Mukiza commended staff for the improved conduct and commendable level of discipline.

    He promised a conducive working environment that would ensure all staff thrive at their best in their respective areas of delivering on the Statistics mandate.

    The ED noted that the Bureau had registered a significant performance score of 93% up from 86% that was registered in the past Financial Year.

    He said that the target is now to attain the much desired 100% in this new Financial Year.

    Newly appointed staff were recognised with the ED urging all to seek promotion by working hard and remaining focused.

    In a surprise move, he announced the Executive Director’s meritorious award for the best performing staff who would score 90%.

    Such a staff would walk away with the 13th pay cheque upon excellent performance.

    The Executive Director, however, cautioned against favouritism in awarding tasks as supervisors were alleged to award tasks to those they favoured rendering others over redundant.

    He added that the Bureau would not tolerate paying people a salary for redundancy and that all staff would be assigned equal tasks.

    Pertaining to Census, Dr Mukiza noted that process is already on track only waiting new dates yet to be approved by Cabinet.

    He assured all in attendance that the whole country should be mapped 100% by October. The meeting also provided an opportunity for staff to consent to the Retirement Benefits Scheme.

    This is going to be the first digital technology driven census by use of tablets.