Uganda’s National Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has outdone itself in showcasing the very essence of incompetence and corruption that defines Museveni’s regime. The recently released census results have turned out to be nothing but a circus of lies, manipulation, and intentional deceit. What is supposed to be a factual representation of Uganda’s demographics has become a tool for political machinations and ethnic dominance. When a government institution like UBOS, which is entrusted with critical national data, distorts population figures, one can only imagine the level of rot that permeates through the entire system.
The contradictions in the census data should make every Ugandan furious. How does a tribe’s population mysteriously shrink and then, a few days later, bounce back to significant growth when public outrage and scrutiny kick in? According to UBOS, the Acholi population had dramatically fallen from 2.1 million to 1.9 million since 2014. A similar absurdity was evident for the Bagisu, whose numbers supposedly dropped as well. Yet, after public uproar, UBOS miraculously “corrected” the figures, claiming it was just a minor “error.” This isn’t a statistical error—it’s outright incompetence, bordering on criminal negligence!
And where does Chris Mukiza, the so-called Executive Director, stand in all this? In one breath, he declares that all tribes have experienced significant growth, and in the next, his institution releases figures showing declines for major ethnic groups. Are Ugandans supposed to trust a man who can’t even keep track of basic arithmetic? Mukiza’s blatant contradictions and backtracking are a disgrace to any self-respecting statistician. It’s clear that these so-called errors are no accidents but deliberate attempts to confuse the public and serve the political interests of the ruling regime.
Let’s call a spade a spade: this entire census exercise was a sham. UBOS, instead of being an independent institution, has become an extension of Museveni’s propaganda machine. Such manipulation only serves one purpose: to inflate certain ethnic populations to maintain the façade of majority rule while marginalizing other groups that the regime deems less important. This isn’t just about numbers; it’s about power and control. When the government starts lying about the very fabric of our nation’s composition, how can we believe anything else they say?
The silence from other government officials is deafening. Why hasn’t anyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which oversees UBOS, come out to address this mess? Why are they letting Mukiza and his crew off the hook after fabricating and correcting numbers like a game of musical chairs? It’s because they are all complicit. The census results are just another example of the broader corruption and tribalism that Museveni’s government has thrived on for decades.
Ugandans must wake up and see the truth. UBOS’s debacle is not just an embarrassing blunder; it’s a reflection of how this government views its citizens: as pawns to be manipulated, deceived, and oppressed. Until institutions like UBOS are freed from political interference, expect more lies, more deceit, and more numbers that make no sense.
It’s time to demand accountability, not just from UBOS but from the entire rotten system that thinks it can toy with our identities and our nation’s future.
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