Politics

Uganda’s Statistics Agency Partners With Two Traditional Kingdoms to Build a Smarter Data Future

Uganda’s national statistics body just did something that most bureaucracies rarely attempt: it went straight to the source, partnering with two traditional kingdoms to capture the population data that formal systems have long struggled to reach. The Bugwe and Tieng Adhola kingdoms are now officially part of the country’s data infrastructure. Here’s why that matters more than it might first appear.