Uganda Bureau of Statistics is set to officially launch and host the Multbillion State of Art East African Community Statistics Bureau (EACSB) Complex at Entebbe,
The development follows UBOS Board resolution to allocate Entebbe office land for the establishment of Modern Multi billion building for East Africa Community Statistics Bureau.
According to officials UBOS Board Chairman, Dr Albert Byamugisha, will officially conduct the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the State of the Art building named ‘Statistics House Entebbe’ tomorrow on Thursday.
The Shs 83billion budget for the structure received a green light from the office of the President and the Ministry of Finance.
Byamugisha said the new complex will host statistics in service training centre, data science labs, archive centre, Conference Hall, disaster recovery centre and some offices to decongest Statistics House in Kampala,
The East African Statistics Bureau is a proposed institution of the East African Community (EAC) mandated by the East African Monetary Union Protocol to harmonize regional statistics, collect data from national offices, and authenticate economic metrics
The mandate of the East African Community Statistics Bureau is to develop, produce, disseminate, and coordinate reliable, harmonized, and comparable community statistics to support regional integration, policy-making, and the East African Monetary Union.
The 7th EAC Development Strategy outlines a $110.9 million budget framework for FY 2026/2027 focused on regional integration, economic convergence, and single-currency readiness by 2031.
