KAMPALA —District chief accounting officers (CAOs) will directly be responsible for the recruitment of all census enumerators.
“Whereas the recruitment is going to be centralised, the actual recruitment will be done by them,” Dr Chris Mukiza, the executive director Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), says.
According to him, the recruitment process of personnel to fill available slots will start at the end of February and conclude in April.
Some of the positions being sought include supervisors and enumerators. These are to serve in districts/city or town councils while others will serve at parish and ward levels.
He made the revelations on Saturday while meeting local government officials in Kampala as part of the awareness campaign about the forthcoming Uganda Census.
He noted that candidates for the jobs must possess technical competencies in the use of electronic gadgets “because the 2024 National Census will be a technologically-driven exercise”.
The candidates must also possess a smartphone, which has the capacity to be used as an alternative device during the census as a back up plan in the event of problems with the electronic gadgets that will be provided by the bureau for the activity.
According to Mukiza, the supervision of all recruits will directly be done by parish chiefs and CAOs.
Vital statistical information
The 2024 National Census is set to be held on May 10 as the Government seeks to acquire vital statistical information, including how many people there are in Uganda, for economic and social development planning and for administrative purposes. The National Population and Housing Census was last conducted in 2014.
At that time, the results indicated that Uganda had a population of 34 million people and while it is now estimated that there are 46 million people in the country, this can only be verified through a national census.
The first enumeration date (May 10, 2024) was approved as a public holiday by Cabinet and declared as so by President Museveni. In total, the enumeration exercise will take 10 days.