Counting on Hold: UBOS Faces Procurement Delays, Postpones National Census

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has announced the postponement of the highly anticipated national housing and population census. 
As earlier approved by the cabinet, the national census was scheduled to take place on August 24-25, 2023. The new date for the census exercise is yet to be revealed.
The delay is attributed to challenges faced in the procurement process, which have hindered the timely acquisition of essential resources and materials required for conducting an accurate and comprehensive census.

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The postponement was announced on Thursday by UBOS deputy executive director, Godfrey Nabongo.
 “Until you have confirmed funding, you don’t proceed with the procurement. So, we didn’t have confirmed funding at that moment in time,” Nabongo said.
It should be remembered that UBOS had sought Shs132 billion to procure tablets to be used in the census process.
It should be noted that government, through UBOS holds a national census every after ten (10) years.
Uganda last held a national census in 2014, and according to findings, the country’s population stood at 36 million though basing on the latest data from the United Nations, the current population of Uganda is estimated to be 48.9 million.