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The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Act, 1998 provides for the development and maintenance of a National Statistical System (NSS) to ensure collection, analysis and publication of integrated, relevant, reliable and timely statistical information. It established the Bureau as the coordinating, monitoring and supervisory body for the National Statistical System. In addition to being the source of official statistical information, the Bureau is responsible for:

providing high quality central statistics information services;
promoting standardisation in the collection, analysis and publication of  

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statistics to ensure uniformity in quality, adequacy of coverage and reliability of statistics information;
providing guidance, training and other assistance as may be required to other users and providers of statistics;
promoting cooperation, coordination and rationalization among users and providers of statistics at national and local levels so as to avoid duplication of effort and ensure optimal utilization of scarce resources;
promoting and being the focal point of cooperation with statistics users and providers at regional and international levels.