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Speaker Among demands for 2024 Census report

Speaker raises concern over public data discrepancies Kampala, Uganda | PWATCH UG |  Speaker Anita Among has directed the government to provide Parliament with the full 2024 Census report, following public criticism regarding discrepancies in the provisional census data. She emphasized that Parliament needs to thoroughly review the official report …

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Now, Old persons also complain about UBOS census figures

HANU raise concerns on understatement of figures for older persons in the census provisional results Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The HelpAge Advocacy Network Uganda (HANU) has warned that they have found substantial anomalies on Older Persons data in the current Census Report 2024 released on October 3. Namara Arthur Araali, …

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‘Census 2024 data is the richest ever for Uganda’

Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | “We have the most comprehensive census data ever collected in Uganda,” a statistician of the Gen Z Generation who works at UBOS, has assured The Independent. In his mid-20s, and likely one of the youngest at UBOS – the principal data collecting, processing, analysing and disseminating …

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Life expectancy in Uganda increases to 68 years

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report from the 2024 Population and Housing Census has revealed that life expectancy in Uganda has risen to 68.5 years, an increase from the 63.7 years recorded in the 2014 census. According to the report, females continue to live longer than their male counterparts. …

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CENSUS: Explaining the figures, the methods used

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the country awaits the outcome of the 9th National Population Census, many Ugandans have been left asking many questions, especially regarding the importance and accuracy of the exercise. The period set for the enumeration was extended from May 19 to May 25, to cater …

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CENSUS: Counting kicks off five days later in Kitanga Parish

Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The much-awaited census exercise is finally underway in Kitanga parish in Rukiga district where it had been halted as a result of a technical glitch. The nationwide exercise that started on Friday, May 10, was planned to last for 10 days. However, in Kitanga, it …

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