Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has received 100,000 tablets ahead of the national census. The revelation was made by Chris Mukiza, the Executive Director of UBOS.
According to Mukiza, UBOS ordered for 120000 tablets costing Shs132 billion from local and international suppliers to carry out the national census. However, 100,000 have been delivered, while the remaining 20,000 will be delivered towards the end of April.
The technologically driven National Population and Housing Census (NPHC) 2024 will be carried out from May 10–19, 2024. The first day of enumeration, which is set for May 10, 2024, was approved a Census Public Holiday by the Cabinet and declared by the President to ensure easy recall of the Census Night during the period of enumeration.
The National Population and Housing Census was last conducted in 2014. At that time, Uganda had a population of 34 million people. The census is carried out every 10 years, and this year’s exercise was expected to take place on August 24 and 25, but it was postponed due to the delayed procurement of tablets.
Speaking during the training of trainers of the enumerators, Mukiza said after the census, 30000 tablets will be given to the National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) for mass registration of people and verification of voters by the Electoral Commission.
“Local governments will retain others to pick up data for community information systems. This will later be picked up by UBOS for the generation of statistics for better planning for the country,” he said.
He said the geo-mapping of household and enumeration area boundaries stands at 97.5.3%, and the exercise is scheduled to stop before the end of April.
Currently, Uganda is estimated to have 45 million people. The figures can only be verified after the national census. Currently, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS).
