The 2024 Census report has a chapter on characteristics of Uganda's youth and adolescent population; clearly distinguishing them from other age groups of the population. Having opted to rely on Uganda's National Youth Policy (2015) and National Youth Council Act (2015) respectively, for purposes of 2024 census, UBOS defined a
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Hope Nakayenze, Ag. Chief Risk Officer dfcu bank, addressing women during the dfcu GROW launch and business training in Jinja City dfcu Bank has today launched the GROW initiative in Eastern Uganda to support women entrepreneurs in the region with financial support and business training to scale their businesses. The event,
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Any arriving passenger at Entebbe International airport, upon collection of his or her personal baggage, will either be cleared through the green or red channel. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has introduced updated measures to streamline passenger baggage clearance procedures at Entebbe International Airport, effective July 1, 2024. The
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Teso sub region has the highest number of children whose access to safe and affordable water services has greatly improved Housing living conditions in every country are a key indicator of how well citizens, children inclusive, are living. In the case of Uganda, this is a mandatory requirement imposed on
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75% of the households receive remittances in the form of money The 2024 National Population & Housing Census (NPHC) shows that out of 10.6 million households in Uganda, 155,200 (about 1.5 percent) received remittances during the last 12 months preceding the NPHC 2024. Remittances are household incomes originating from foreign
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3.5 million households are unable to meet their basic requirements Thirty-three percent of Ugandan households (3.5 million) are in the subsistence economy compared to 67 percent (7.2 million) in the non-subsistence economy. This revelation is contained in the 2024 National Population & Housing Census released by Uganda Bureau of Statistics
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60% of Uganda's children reported having failed to be in P1 by the time they made 6 years/Courtesy photo The Children's Act 2016 of Uganda enjoins both the government and parents to ensure that the rights of children (basically all Ugandans below 17) get their rights protected and promoted at
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The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) is not happy with the pace at which Ugandans have taken up employment and investment opportunities in the oil and gas sector. This is despite the government putting in place a local content policy to empower local investors and job talent, including ring-fencing some
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Only 13.6 million people in Uganda own a mobile phone The 2024 National Population & Housing Census has revealed that 43 percent of individuals aged 10 years and above (13.6 million persons) in Uganda owned a mobile phone as of May this year (when the census was conducted). The report adds that 56.7% of
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President Museveni with children. Uganda has 22.2m children (defined as all human beings aged between 0 and 17 years)/Courtesy photo The May 2024 Population & Housing Census established that Uganda currently has 45.9m people. A majority of these (13m) live in Buganda sub region, followed by Busoga (4.4m) and Karamoja
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