The Uganda Bureau of Statistics needs over 100 billion shillings to conduct the population census next year. This was revealed by the bureau’s executive director John Male while appearing before the parliamentary committees on finance and national economy. Male said that a supplementary budget of 25billion is needed in addition to the 7 billion for […]
The state minister for planning Matia Kasaija has disagreed with mps on the National economy committee over the country’s population size with MPs insisting that a large population is a threat to the country’s development and proper planning. While discussing vision 2040 plan by the national planning authority the mps said that the large population is eating into the country’s growth […]
Makerere University don, Prof Augustus Nuwagaba has blasted President Museveni’s policy on encouraging big populations as a means of ensuring that there is economic development. Uganda currently has an estimated 33 million people, with the second highest population growth rate in the world. While some people have called for family planning and reducing population growth, President Museveni […]