The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has postponed the population census due to delays in procuring tablets .
The population census was slated for 24 to 25th August this year.
According to Godfrey Nabongo , the Deputy Executive Director UBOS, money was not secured early enough for them to acquire tablets needed for the program.
“We are requesting the ministry of Finance and cabinet to extend the date since we do not see August as tenable any more.”
Nabongo mentioned that in the course of the next week , the public would be let in on the new dates.
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Last month , the Executive Director informed the media that UBOS had allocated Shillings 399 billion for the census.
Chris Mukiza, the E.D explained that the funds would be utilized over a period of two and a half years.
Of this, Shillings 150.6 billion would be allocated for activities such as district mapping, procurement, recruitment, training, and deployment of enumerators.
Nabongo gave an update the government had secured roughly 36 billion from the World Bank to which the ministry of finance added to clear the balance.
The money needed to procure the tablets was 132 billion Shillings and Nabongo confirmed it is now in place.
By Shiphrah Kwagala