MbararaDistrict Statistical Abstract for 2016/2017 THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA MBARARA DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL ABSTRACT 2016/17 Mbarara District Local Government P.O Box 1 Tel: 20002/20009214233 JUNE 2017 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mbarara.go.ug Report Prepared with support from Uganda Bureau of Statistics i MbararaDistrict Statistical Abstract for 2016/2017 CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................................................ IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................... VI LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................................................. VII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................ VIII MAP OF MBARARA DISTRICT SHOWING LOWER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ......................................................................... IX GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT .................................................................................................................... X CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 LOCATION AND SIZE ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 TOURISM ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4.1TOPOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 2: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES .................................................................................................................. 2 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ..................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 3 2.3 COUNCIL, COMMITTEES, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS ............................................................................................ 4 2.4 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS............................................................................................................................. 4 2.5 DISTRICT SERVICE COMMISSION ................................................................................................................................. 4 2.6 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE (PAC) ....................................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 3 DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................................................................. 5 3.1.1 POPULATION SIZE AND GROWTH RATE ............................................................................................................... 5 3.1.2 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION ................................................................................................................................. 5 3.1.3 POPULATION DENSITY .......................................................................................................................................... 6 3.1.4 URBANISATION RATES AND LEVELS .................................................................................................................... 6 3.1.5 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE ................................................................................................................................ 7 3.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ......................................................................................................................... 8 3.2.1 HOUSING CONDITIONS BY TYPE OF HOUSE ....................................................................................................... 8 3.2.2 POVERTY DISTRIBUTION ....................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2.3 PROPORTION OF POPULATION IN SUBSISTENCE FARMING ............................................................................. 9 3.2.4 SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR COOKING AND LIGHTING ....................................................................................... 10 3.3 PLANNING AND BUDGETING PROCESS ....................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.1 BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS TO DEPARTMENTS ............................................................................................... 11 3.3.2 REVENUE SOURCES BY AMOUNT ...................................................................................................................... 12 3.3.3 SECTORAL EXPENDITURE .................................................................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER 4: HEALTH SERVICES ............................................................................................................................................. 13 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.1 HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE ..................................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 MOBIDITY AND CAUSE OF ILL HEALTH .................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 HEALTH MANPOWER ................................................................................................................................................. 14 4.4 LATRINE COVERAGE ................................................................................................................................................. 17 4.5 IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 17 4.6 TUBERCULOSIS, LEPROSY AND ONCHOCERCIASIS ................................................ 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Bookmark not defined. 4.7 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH (MCH) ................................................................................................................... 18 CHAPTER5: EDUCATION AND SPORTS .................................................................................................................................. 19 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 19 5.1 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS .................................................................................................................................. 19 5.1.1 NUMBER OF SCHOOL GOING AGE CHILDREN ................................................................................................... 19 5.1.2 NUMBER OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS ....................................................................................................................... 20 5.1.3 SECONDARY SCHOOLS ....................................................................................................................................... 20 5.1.3.1 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MBARARA DISTRICT ................................................................................................ 21 5.1.4 OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ................................................................................................................ 21 5.2 INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.3 EFFICIENCY RATIOS (PRIMARY) .............................................................................................................................