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UBOS Launches African Statistics Week activities ahead of November 18 celebrations

13 November 2026, 8:05 am

UBOS Deputy Executive Director Vicente Ssenono (second left) addresses journalists during the launch of activities to mark African Statistics Week at the UBOS headquarters in Kampala.

By Annet Nakato

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has launched activities to mark this year’s African Statistics Week ahead of the African Statistics Day, scheduled for November 18th.

This year’s African Statistics Day will be commemorated under the theme: “Institutionalizing Water and Sanitation Statistics for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Development in Africa.”

Speaking to journalists at the UBOS headquarters in Kampala this afternoon, the Bureau’s Deputy Executive Director, Vicente Ssenono, said the national celebrations will feature several activities aimed at promoting awareness and appreciation of the importance of statistics in national development.

The activities will include blood donation drives, tree planting exercises and a high-level dialogue on water and sanitation statistics, among others.

Ssenono says the activities are intended to highlight the importance of reliable statistics in planning, policy formulation and addressing development challenges across the country.

He revealed that the theme itself underscores the importance of strengthening the collection, management and use of water and sanitation data to support sustainable development and build resilience against climate change across the continent.