Dr Chris Mukiza, the UBOS Executive Director and Chief Statistician
HABARI DAILY I Kampala, Uganda I Government, through the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has unveiled a revised advance release calendar for major surveys and census reports, reaffirming its commitment to transparency, accountability and timely dissemination of official data to the public.
According to the revised calendar signed by UBOS Executive Director and Chief Statistician Chris Mukiza, the bureau have revised the advance release calendar to provide for emerging developments in the statistical ecosystem, and that the release calendar is a testimony of UBOS’s resolve to adhere to transparency and accountability in our statistical operations.
UBOS has already released the Uganda Aquaculture Census Report on April 30, 2026, among others. The report documented fish farming practices across the country, including technologies used, types of fish farmed and national production levels.
Speaking during a media briefing in Kampala, on Wednesday, 13th May 2026, UBOS Principal Public Relations Officer Didacus Okoth, who spoke on behalf of Dr Mukiza, said that the revised calendar was intended to keep Ugandans informed about when, where and how key statistical reports would be released.
He noted that the next major publication will be the Uganda Business Inquiry report, scheduled for online dissemination on May 21, 2026 at 8:00am.
“This is a comprehensive economic survey and it generates information on the gross output and the total value addition of goods and services produced in the country. Therefore, it determines the productivity and contribution of each sector to the general economic development of Uganda,” he said.
He explained that the report will provide detailed data on the performance of sectors such as agriculture, tourism and services, helping planners understand their contribution to the economy.
“So this report will be giving us a lot of detailed information on the contribution to the overall productivity, contribution to the general sector of the economy and overall economic growth of our economy as a country, Uganda,” Okoth noted.
On the same day, UBOS will physically release the Uganda Harmonized Integrated Survey Report covering Waves One, Two and Three for the years 2021 to 2025.
Okoth said the survey examines both household and non-household agricultural productivity, including crop production, land use, farming technologies and agricultural inputs.
“When we talk of the non-household farmers, we are looking at these people who have big farms, the Muluanas, the Mokwano, religious institutions and academic institutions like Makerere University and Uganda Martyrs University. We visit these farms and establish the kind of activities they are involved in, the machinery, pesticides and technologies they are applying in production,” he explained.
Another major release on the calendar is the Baseline Education Census Report, due on May 28, 2026.
UBOS Senior Public Relations Officer Lawrence Kimbowa described the report as one of the most anticipated statistical publications in the education sector.
“This report has undergone all the processes, including data validation by experts, and it is an inclusive report covering all levels of education in Uganda,” Kimbowa said.
He explained that the census covered pre-primary, primary, secondary, tertiary and university institutions, both government and private, across the country.
“We have done this in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, and that is why even before data collection started, the First Lady officially launched the exercise in Jinja,” he added.
Kimbowa said UBOS had followed international standards in preparing the report.
“We can ably tell the country that all the necessary levels of data production have been undertaken in line with the international standards guided by the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics,” he said.
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