Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Ubos vow to make amends after messy start to census

Uganda, May 11 -- The start of Uganda's 11th census on Friday had no shortage of drama, with an enumerator in Njeru municipality, Buikwe District, being hospitalised with a stab wound, and more enumer... Read More


Census enumerator stabbed in Buikwe

Uganda, May 11 -- As the National Population and Housing Census got underway countrywide on Friday, an enumerator in Njeru municipality, Buikwe District, was reportedly pursued by three men and stabbe... Read More


Language barrier, resistance, faulty tablets mar start of census

Uganda, May 10 -- Census enumerators and their supervisors on Friday encountered different challenges ranging from language barrier, faulty tablets, resistance by people to be counted and lack of inte... Read More


Language barrier, resistance, faulty machines mar start of census

Uganda, May 10 -- Census enumerators and their supervisors on Friday encountered different challenges ranging from language barrier, faulty machines, resistance by people to be counted and lack of int... Read More


Kasese mudslides claim 13 lives

Uganda, May 10 -- Mudslides in Kasese District, western Uganda, yesterday claimed 10 lives, bringing the total number of those killed to 13 in one week. The separate incidents occurred across various... Read More


Census start reveals hope amid glitches

Uganda, May 10 -- Uganda's 11th official National Housing and Population Census got underway last night, with Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos), the lead agency, optimistic that it will yield accurat... Read More


Residents wait for enumerators in vain as census kicks off with glitches in West Nile

Uganda, May 10 -- On Friday, Mr George Adriko of Arua City woke up at 6:30 am expecting census enumerators to count his family. By 8:30 am, he was ready, but by 11:00 am, no one had arrived. Disappoin... Read More


New cities lack sustainability plan for USMID infrastructure

Uganda, May 10 -- The infrastructure set up in regional cities and municipalities under the Uganda Support for Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) programme is on the verge of collapse after ... Read More


Rising water levels in rivers, lakes leave trail of destruction

Uganda, May 8 -- Rising water levels in lakes and rivers have started swallowing up villages, sparking panic among residents neighbouring the water bodies across the country. In the affected places, ... Read More


Floods kill 8, displace hundreds

Uganda, May 6 -- The government is on high alert as different parts of the country brace for more heavy rains that have so far killed 8 people and displaced hundreds in several flood-prone districts. ... Read More