Mbarara District Statistical Abstract for 2015/2016 THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA MBARARA DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL ABSTRACT 2015/16 Mbarara District Local Government P.O Box 1 Tel: 20002/20009214233 JUNE 2016 E- mail:
[email protected] Website: www.mbarara.go.ug Report Prepared with support from Uganda Bureau of Statistics Mbarara District Statistical Abstract for 2015/2016 FOREWORD The importance of statistics in informing planning and monitoring of government programmes cannot be over emphasised. We need to know where we are, determine where we want to reach and also know whether we have reached there. The monitoring of socio-economic progress is not possible without measuring how we progress and establishing whether human, financial and other resources are being used efficiently. However, these statistics have in many occasions been national in outlook and less district specific. The development of a district-based Statistical Abstract shall go a long way to solve this gap and provide district tailored statistics and will reflect the peculiar nature of the district by looking at specific statistics which would not be possible to provide at a higher level. Data and statistics are required for designing, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development programmes. For instance, statistics on school enrolment, completion rates and dropout rates e.t.c are vital in the monitoring of Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Secondary Education (USE) programmes. Statistics are also needed for establishing grant aid to community schools, staff levels and other investments in the education programmes. The collection and use of statistics and performance indicators is critical for both the successful management and operation of the sectors, including Lower Local Governments.