Kyabazinga rallies Basoga to embrace National Census
May 08, 2024
Mukiza revealed that the central government has invested shillings 320.3 billion to conduct the National census adding that even amidst scarcity, they have all the money.
Kyabazinga of Busoga William Gabula Nadiope IV (2nd left infront) shaking hands with UBOS's Executive Director Chris Mukiza (2nd right infront row) after a meeting at Igenge Palace in Jinja City on Monday. Looking on is Busoga Kingdom's 2nd deputy prime minister Al-Haji Osman Ahmed Noor (left) and UBOS's deputy Executive Director Godfrey Nabongo (right). (Photos by Donald Kiirya)
Donald Kiirya
Journalist @New Vision
___________________ Kyabazinga of Busoga William Gabula Nadiope IV singing the Busoga Anthem. Kyabazinga of Busoga William Gabula Nadiope IV (middle), UBOS officials on his left and Busoga Kingdom officials on his right singing the Busoga anthem while in a meeting at Igenge Palace in Jinja City on Monday.
Kyabazinga of Busoga William Gabula Nadiope IV has rallied his subjects in the Busoga sub-region to embrace the upcoming National Population and Housing Census to be conducted this week.
The National Population and Housing Census will be conducted starting May 9th and May 10th all over the country.
Stressing that the census results will serve as vital indicators to guide planning and program implementation in Busoga sub-region and country at large, Kyabazinga requested his subjects to stay in their respective homes on the Census night of May 9th so that they may be counted.
Kyabazinga made the call on Monday while meeting a team from the Uganda National Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), led by Executive Director Chris Mukiza whom he hosted at the Kyabazinga’s Igenge Palace in Jinja City.
Kyabazinga who accepted to be champion of the Census exercise in the Busoga sub-region and further re-echoed to his subjects to embrace the Census, urged his subjects and all Ugandans to positively respond to questions that will be asked by enumerators who will visit their homes adding that on May 9th, enumerators will find him at his Igenge Palace where he will be enumerated from.
The Executive Director of UBOS, Chris Mukiza said this is going to be the first digital census where enumerators will be using tablets to record information from individuals adding that they have trained enumerators and their supervisors in doing so.
“Five major questions will be asked and these include: How many people are we in the Country whether by religion, sex, or age; Where they are? How are the counted people living? What assets do they have? And Where they get services from which include health and education services in their various regions,” Mukiza said.
Furthermore, Mukiza said that the data generated from the Census will be confidential, adding that they have created firewalls to their data services so that nobody can penetrate or hack data.
He revealed that the central government has invested shillings 320.3 billion to conduct the National census adding that even amidst scarcity, they have all the money.
Mukiza said they have requested a setup of a Statistics Office at the headquarters of ObwaKyabazinga Bwa Busoga institution it will be equipped with one laptop, tablets and they will employ and train two statisticians in data statistics who will be nominated by the Kyabazinga required qualifications.
The second deputy Prime Minister of Busoga Kingdom, Owek. Al-haji Osman Ahmed Noor thanked the Kyabazinga for giving the UBOS Executive Director time to visit him at short notice in the interest of fostering their agenda.
Present in the meeting were: The deputy Executive Director of UBOS, Godfrey Nabongo, Busoga Kingdom’s Foreign Affairs Minister Joan Machora Kitto, and Kyabazinga Affairs Minister Owek. Yudaya Babirye, Busoga Kingdom’s youth minister Owek. James Mukembo, former Ambassador Agnes Kadama Kalibbala, Jinja deputy RCC in charge Jinja Southern division Juma Kigongo, Jinja district RDC Richard Gulume, Jinja Southern Division Mayor Nasser Ashraf, Jinja Southern Division town clerk Peter Mawerere, Jinja district CAO and Bernard Mulengani a member at UBOS board in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation.
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