By Weswa Ronnie
MBALE CITY
Residents of Mbale city, especially women have been urged to give accurate information to enumerators carrying out the 2024 national population census.
The advice was given by Lydia Wanyonto Mutende, a Presidential Advisor also National NRM Women’s League Chairperson on Friday, 10th May, while being counted at her home located at Nabweya, Northern City Division in Mbale City.
According to Wanyoto, government is interested in knowing the number of people, age, what they do for survival among others so that it can plan well for them.
She says that some people, especially women, are fond of giving wrong ages adding that such wrong information affects government’s planning.
Shakuru Mafabi, a population census enumerator officer at Nabweya said he his gadget refused to operate in the morning until afternoon hours.
He says that they were told to handle at least ten households a day which is going to be hard given the short period of time they were allocated.
Mafabi urged the government to extend days of completion and release their lunch allowance since they are doing badly while in the field.
