Tag Archives: UBOS

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The production of cattle, poultry and exotic goats has increased in Uganda for the last 10 years. The farmers attribute the increase in production on the rising demand for meat, dairy and poultry products in and outside Uganda. According to the Uganda Bureau of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is likely to be left with only the forest cover in gazetted protected areas within five years, as the rest of the forests could be destroyed. According to the latest survey by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics-UBOS, supported by the World Bank, the country …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A government-supported survey casts a looming expansion of the education and prosperity gap between rural and urban children caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, the government directed the closure of all schools and tertiary institutions sending home more than 12 million children until …

Why measuring poverty using income is misleading and why we need to switch to using wealth THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | It is seven months since Uganda locked down due to COVID. The lesson I have learnt from the lockdown is not related to health but economics. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The consumption of food per person per year in Uganda declined between the period 2013 and 2019, a Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) report notes. According to the ‘food balance sheets report’ data, food availability from starchy roots was initially estimated at an annual …

Economic experts warn that it is too early to celebrate the performance Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Revenue Authority has recorded a surplus in revenue collection for the first quarter of the Financial Year 2020/21 amidst the coronavirus pandemic but economic experts warn it is too early to …

INEVITABLE COVID DEATHS: Here’s why government thinks it is ready Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Case. Fatality. Rate. That is a measure of how many people die when struck by a disease. And it is one of the most important numbers the Ministry of Health is now looking at …

Why Dr. Kizza Besigye is right to say elites in Uganda are the most useless class THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye has argued that elites in Uganda are the most useless group in the country. Let us test this thesis and seek …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  More than half of the businesses in Uganda cut the salaries of their employees in March and April 2020 as the country entered into tough restrictions to stem the spread of coronavirus, a survey by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has said.  According to UBOS, …

As COVID-19 lockdown measures hit agriculture, construction and industry Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | For the first time since February, the headline Stanbic Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) crossed into positive territory recording a reading of 50.3 during July, up from 46.5 in June. This is a significant recovery …