Chris Mukiza

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Chris Mukiza
Born
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Education University of Southampton
(Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation Economist
Years active2000 – present
Title Executive Director of Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Chris Ndatira Mukiza is a Ugandan economist, who is the executive director of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, dissemination and storage of nationally important data. [1] [2]

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Education

Mukiza holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, awarded in 2008, by the University of Southampton, in Southampton, United Kingdom. His PhD thesis was titled "Essays On Growth And Absolute Poverty: Evidence From Uganda". [3]

Career

Mukiza joined UBOS in March 2000. From 2009 until 2019, he served as the Director of Macroeconomic statistics at UBOS. In that position, he was part of a seventeen-person senior management team at the government agency [1] [4]

He beat out three other applicants for the position of executive director of UBOS, including Imelda Madgalene Atai, who has been the Acting Executive Director from July 2018 until March 2019. Dr. Chris Mukiza replaced Ben Paul Mungyereza, who resigned in early 2018. [1] In his role as executive director, he also becomes a member of the UBOS board of directors.

Mukiza previously (in 1992) worked as a statistician at the Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. He then worked at the Uganda Revenue Authority from 1997 until 2000. [1]

He has plans to make the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, an excellent statistics production centre in the region and on the continent, according to remarks that he made upon his appointment as executive director. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nabisubi, Racheal (28 March 2019). "Dr Mukiza Appointed New UBOS Boss". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Martin Luther Oketch (20 June 2012). "UBOS Expands Statistical Collection". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Chris Ndatira PhD Thesis" (PDF). London. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Uganda Bureau of Statistics (2019). "Member of UBOS Senior Management Team". Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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