By Damba Rogers
Uganda human rights commission together with the prime ministers’ office, Uganda Bureau Of Statistics (UBOS) and National Planning Authority have signed an MOU that will see govt programs have a human rights-based approach with enough data to better serve the population.
Speaking at
the signing ceremony today in Kampala, the executive director, National Planning
Authority, Dr. Joseph Muvawala says
the MOU sets up a frame work of corporation that establishes a platform that
promotes greater understanding of the importance of developing and using
statistical information to inform, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate
national policies, programmes and projects which may impact the respect,
protection and fulfillment of human rights.
But the Uganda
human rights commission chairman, Hon.
Medi Sozi Kagwa emphasizes the importance of having data in programming and
serving the public.
Data in
human rights will be used to better serve Ugandan communities as the country
strives to attain the 2030 agenda which seeks to leave no one behind.
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