{"id":74418,"date":"2024-05-13T20:14:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=74418"},"modified":"2024-05-13T20:14:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T17:14:46","slug":"enumerators-ask-government-to-expedite-release-of-allowances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/enumerators-ask-government-to-expedite-release-of-allowances\/","title":{"rendered":"Enumerators ask government to expedite release of allowances"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>By Jane Nafula <\/strong><\/p>\n

A section of the census enumerators has tasked government to expedite the process of releasing their allowances.<\/p>\n

They have also demanded that the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) considers increasing the quantity of census materials as this will ease the process of enumeration.<\/p>\n

Some of the enumerators that were conducting the census exercise in Luteete -Kereziya village in\u00a0\u00a0Kasangati Town Council,\u00a0\u00a0Wakiso District said, they have not received a penny from government, as promised and\u00a0have been forced to dig deep into their pockets to cater for transport and meals.<\/p>\n

According to Prossy Nakakande, one\u00a0the area enumerators, they were promised\u00a0a daily allowance of Shs 50,000.<\/p>\n

“We have never received any money. We have to struggle on our own to raise money for transport and lunch. We have to use our own money.\u00a0\u00a0We are hopeful that it will come but, we pray that it comes in time to make life easy,\u201d said Nakakande.<\/p>\n

She however says she only started the enumeration process on May 12, three days into the exercise that kicked off on May 9,\u00a0saying the\u00a0tablet\u00a0she had been initially been allocated\u00a0was faulty.<\/p>\n

Hassan Kasirye, another enumerator from the same area also raised concerns about uncleared allowances and limited supply census materials such as pieces of chalk extended to them.<\/p>\n

Although he didn\u2019t specify the quantity given to him, he said what he had in stock\u00a0was inadequate.<\/p>\n

He is supposed to use the chalk to write the household number\u00a0and the writings are expected to last for at least\u00a0three months.<\/p>\n

While addressing\u00a0journalists at a weekly press briefing held at\u00a0the police headquarters in Naguru, Dr Albert Byamugisha UBOS\u2019 board-chairman said the issue of allowances was being worked upon.<\/p>\n

Dr He revealed that enumerators from districts that had fully compiled the details of enumerators had already received the contentious facilitation.<\/p>\n

The enumerators from Luteete also said that citizens had embraced the exercise and that that had not yet experienced any resistance from the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were even calling us from a distance saying they had over-waited for us,\u201d\u00a0Nakakende said.<\/p>\n

Every enumerator is expected to\u00a0cover atleast\u00a014 households on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

Meawhile, KFM has also sampled out the views of some members of the public. Sylvia Nankabirwa, a resident of Luteete-Kereziya said this was her first time to be counted and that the questions were easy to answer.<\/p>\n

Nankabirwa said she was optimistic that the\u00a0she would benefit from the exercise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u00a0were told that\u00a0the information that we provide will bale government to plan for us. I think\u00a0they will also find us some jobs because I was asked whether I work,\u201d Nankabirwa a charcoal seller said.<\/p>\n

However, Margret Nalugya\u00a0from the same area was worried that they exercise will subject them to more taxes.<\/p>\n

Julliet akasaga, a housewife from Luteete -Kereziya said she had been early waiting for the enumerators since Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI expected them on Friday but they didn\u2019t show. I\u2019m glad\u00a0that they are finally here. I don\u2019t have any problem with the exercise. We were told that\u00a0census will help government\u00a0to give us the services that we need such is healthcare,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, UBOS\u00a0officials have revealed that they would recruit more enumerators in greater Kampala to beef up the current number and expedite the process of enumeration.<\/p>\n

Currently, it is estimated that a total of 6000 enumerators has been deployed in greater Kampala.<\/p>\n

Dr Madina Guloba, a Senior Research Fellow at Economic Research Centre, Makerere University who doubles as a member of the 2024 national census advisory committee said solar, the exercise is on track.<\/p>\n

According to UBOS 10 million people from 8.7 households have sofar been covered.<\/p>\n

Dr. Guloba also noted\u00a0the law allows the Uganda Bureau of Statistics to extend census period in case the targeted population is not covered within the stated census period.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf lags or\u00a0the delays become a little bit too much,\u00a0then after the census,\u00a0the Supplemental Act which governs UBOS\u00a0on census and surveys, then they are\u00a0mandated under Section 7 to extend if the board agrees,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have\u00a0to get the true picture of the population. A census is not like a survey a survey\u00a0where you can\u2019t do estimates.\u00a0They have to get the actuals, so\u00a0if the period allocated to the exercise is not adequate, they will have to extend it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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