UBOS Officially Launches UGX 1.4 Trillion Plan for National Statistics Devp’t, & New Service Delivery Standards

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has officially launched the Shs1.4 trillion Fourth Plan for National Statistical Development  (PNSD IV), the UBOS Strategic Plan IV (2025/26–2029/30), and the new UBOS Service Delivery Standards.

The high-profile event took place at the Conference Hall in Statistics House, Kampala, as a cornerstone of African Statistics Week 2026.

Driving Evidence-Based Planning for Economic Transformation:

Speaking at the launch, Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development Hon. Amos Lugoloobi emphasized that a robust National Statistical System (NSS) is vital for guiding Uganda’s ambitious economic expansion.

Lugoloobi highlighted the need for data-driven governance to support Uganda’s strategic goal of growing its economy from $69.3 billion to $500 billion.

The minister urged government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to restore functional statistics units and avoid inflating data, warning that weak professional capacity undermines public resource allocation.

He called for the adoption of emerging technologies, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence to bridge the gap between policy formulation and ground-level execution.

UBOS Executive Director Dr. Chris Mukiza echoed these sentiments, noting that the new frameworks are engineered to modernize data systems, enhance inter-agency coordination, and track real-time progress across national and global agendas.

Core Pillars of the 2025/26–2029/30 Frameworks:

 According to UBOS, the Fourth Plan for National Statistical Development (PNSD IV) entails a five-year, Shs1.4 trillion framework designed to streamline statistical production and dissemination across all MDAs and local governments, requiring government entities to embed structured Strategic Plans for Statistics (SPSs) to ensure high-quality, disaggregated data reaches decision-makers.

 UBOS Strategic Plan IV (2025/26–2029/30):

Following mid-term evaluations of Strategic Plan III—which successfully captured data points for roughly 71.6% of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 55.8% of National Standard Indicators—SP IV sets a higher benchmark, focusing heavily on non-traditional data sources, digital transformation, and an open-data revolution to eliminate historical data lags.

Meanwhile the UBOS Service Delivery Standards (2025/26–2029/30) establishes a clear response times, quality assurance commitments, and transparency benchmarks for all institutional data clients, aiming at making official statistics more accessible to private-sector planners, researchers, and the general public.