Some Enumerators Are Yet To Be Assigned Roles, UBOS Clarifies on Non-functioning Tablets Claims

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics has refuted claims that the enumeration tablets used for the national housing and population census are not functioning clarifying the exercise started smoothly in major areas of their country.

The census body noted that all the enumerators assigned roles and responsibilities have been executed by by the enumerators as planned.

UBOS Executive Director Dr.Chris Mukiza clarified that in the majority of the districts, enumeration started well with 94099 enumerators and supervisors recruited and deployed on the system but only the remaining 20000that havereported some small challenges like machine failure, and most of them were hired behind the official recruitment system by the respective local government. 

UBOS management has however directed the district census officers and district census commissioner representatives to fasten assigning roles and responsibilities to the affected enumerators to enable them to perform their enumeration duties effectively.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni spared time to answer Census questions on their household before they were counted.

The Executive Director / National Census Commissioner, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Chris Ndatira Mukiza oversaw the enumeration exercise this afternoon at State Lodge, Nakasero.

Among the High profile enumerated at the start of the exercise is President Museveni and the First Lady, Janet Museveni who were enumerated at 12:30 pm by the UBOS- Head of department for Demography and Social Statistics, Dr. Vincent Fred Ssenono.

Speaking after the enumeration exercise, the President congratulated Dr. Mukiza and his team for what he termed as a ‘comprehensive exercise’, stating that the questions being asked are very comprehensive and detailed.

‘’I congratulate Dr. Mukiza and his team, if this is what they are doing everywhere then it is good,’’ he said.

“I was happy with the questions because I could see that they are aiming at getting data that is useful for planning,” he added.

‘’The enumerators declined my offer of tea, stating that the rules prohibited them from accepting it. Maama and I complied with the rules, which is beneficial because some individuals might attempt to offer them alcohol, causing them to neglect their duties‘’.

The prime minister of the republic of Uganda Rt.Hon Robinah Nabbanja has duly been counted and  has enphasised the need for evidence based planning which will be made possible through statistics gained from the census