Uganda, May 9 -- The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) has announced that it will, with support of security agencies, establish roadblocks on highways from midnight tonight for mandatory counting of people in transit.

During the press briefing yesterday in Kampala, Dr Chris Mukiza, the executive director, said the checkpoints to be mounted on major roads across the country, target the "floating population" such as street children, bus and truck drivers and passengers and those "who stay in trenches".

The revelation comes hours before the 2024 National Housing and Population Census gets underway tonight.

"We are going to count them at night," Dr Mukiza said, "We are going to stage roadblocks tomorrow night [tonight] on the main roads e...