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UBOS, ICT Ministry Clash as Statistics Bureau Declares National Data Strategy ‘Illegal’

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UBOS, ICT Ministry Clash as Statistics Bureau Declares National Data Strategy ‘Illegal’
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KAMPALA, October 21, 2026 — A bitter dispute has erupted between the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and the Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance over the government’s National Data Strategy, with the statistics agency declaring the initiative illegal and urging the public to treat it with “the utmost contempt.” In a strongly […] The post UBOS, ICT Ministry Clash as Statistics Bu

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