Uganda, April 1 -- The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) has rallied local leaders to work with census officials to count even people in lodges and clubs in their areas.

The Ubos principal statistician, Dr Vincent Fred Ssennono, said: "We realised that those people were not counted in the previous census. So, we decided to work with the owners this time to avail us names of their clients when the exercise begins," Dr Ssennono said on behalf of Dr Chris Mukiza, the Ubos executive director.

The 2024 National Population and Housing Census exercise has already kicked off with registration of households to be followed by mass counting of people from May 10 to May 19.

Dr Ssennono, who met local leaders of Kawempe Division on the ongoing cou...