Muwanga-Zake

KEY QUALIFICATIONS: edit

1971 – 74: B.Sc. (Economics & Statistics), (1st Class Honours), Makerere University, Uganda.
1974-76: M.Sc. (Statistics), Kansas State University, USA
1983-87: Ph.D. (Emphasis on Agricultural Statistics), School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia (UEA), UK
June-Sept.1983: Short Course in Monitoring and Evaluation, School of Development Studies (UEA); Member of the International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS); Member of Indian Society of Agricultural Statisticians.
Oct. 21-27 1991: ATLAS Workshop on Management Training for Practical skills in Project Design, Mweya Safari Lodge – USAID/Kampala and African-American Institute.
April 21- May 6,1992: Agricultural Policy Analysis workshop organised by FAO and World Bank and conducted by Foundation for International Training, Toronto, Canada at Mweya Safari Lodge.
July 13-18, 1992: Workshop on Creating and Sustaining High Performing Teams, NTL, Bethel, Maine, USA.
January, 1998: Member, International Statistical Institute(ISI), highest international professional body.
March, 8th- 10th, 1999: Expert Group Meeting on Development Indicators. United Nations, Statistics Division
Jan 24-Mar. 3, 2000: IMF Course HQ00.03: Balance of Payments Statistics, Washington, D.C., USA
March 2001: Fellow, Royal Statistical Society

EMPLOYMENT RECORD edit

1974: Statistician, Statistics Division, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development.
1974: Special Assistant (Teaching Assistant), Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics, (ISAE) Makerere University.
1976-88: Lecturer, ISAE, Makerere University (Oct.1983-April, 1987 On study leave for Ph.D).
Oct.1988 - June, 1989: FAO National Expert (Agricultural Statistician), Uganda National Census of Agriculture and Livestock (NCAL).
July 1989 - April,1994: Senior Economist/Statistician, Agricultural Secretariat, Bank of Uganda at the rank of Assistant Head of Department.
April 1994 - Sept.1998: Commissioner for Statistics, Statistics Department (Central Statistics Office),
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
Oct.1998 – Dec. 2000: Deputy Director, Trade & External Debt Department, Bank of Uganda.
Jan. 2001 – Aug. 2002: Ag. Director, Trade & External Debt Department, Bank of Uganda
1st Sept. 2002 - : Director, Trade & External Debt Department, Bank of Uganda
31st January, 2006: Retired from Bank of Uganda in good standing on attaining the then retirement age of 55 years
Nov. 2002 – May 2004 On secondment to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Central Statistics Office) as a
National Long-Term Consultant on Agricultural Statistics to prepare for a Census of Agriculture and design a system to collect annual agricultural statistics.
April 2006 – Dec. 2011: Part-time teaching, Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (ISAE), Makerere University.
Sept. 2006 – June 2010: Consultant, Bank of Uganda, to establish a system to compile Domestic Resource Costs (DRC) Ratios and Index of Agricultural Production (IAP).
During 2010/18: Various consultancies for FAO in Uganda, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya plus Office of the Prime Minister and Kampala City Council, African Development Bank and European Union.

KEY EXPERIENCES edit

June 2018 – July 2019: Working with Mr. James Mubiru and Mrs. Agnes Ssekiboobo to design a Statistical Plan for Agriculture and Rural Statistics (SPARS) for the Uganda Bureau of Statistics,
Jan - Oct 2017: Team Leader, drafting the Buganda Kingdom Strategic Plan for Statistics (BKSPS). It will be the basis of establishing the Buganda Kingdom Statistics Department and data gathering processes. It will also guide all future regional plans for financial assistance, economic, cultural and social development, Worked with Mr. J.B. Male Mukasa and Mr. J.W. Mubiru former Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, respectively.
Oct, 2014-Jan 2017: Research Associate with a team of six statisticians under the Makerere University, School of Statistics and Planning (formerly ISAE) on an FAO Consultancy Designing the methodology for using administrative data in an agricultural statistics system under the Global Strategy for the development of agricultural statistics.
July 2008 – July 2014: Chairman, Board of Directors (BOD), Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS).
May – Nov 2013: European Union Consultancy to evaluate the Annual Agricultural Statistics Survey in Mozambique
Nov 2012/13: African Development Bank – Country Assessments on Agricultural Statistics in a number of African Countries + Design and delivery of a short agric stats training course in EASTC, Tanzania “ “ “ FAO Technical Adviser on drawing up a Master Plan for Agricultural Statistics in Tanzania
Sept - December 2012: FAO Technical Adviser on the Agriculture Census in Kenya
April 2011- Feb 2012: Joint Consultancy, with Mr. David M. Nyende, on the Review of Key Government Performance Targets for Monitoring Ministerial Policy Statements for Office of The Prime Minister
May 2011- April 2012: FAO Consultant for drawing up a Master Plan for the development of agricultural statistics for Mozambique
August 2010 – Dec 2011: Team Leader on a consultancy for the review and update of Kampala City Council’s monitoring and evaluation framework, and conducting the citizens’ report card and service provider surveys under the Development Consultants International (DCI) Limited
Oct 2009-March 2011: Served as Statistician for International Development Consultants (IDC) consultancy for the Office of Prime Minister on the National Initiative for Performance Monitoring Enhancement for 11 Non-PAF Sectors of the Government of Uganda
2009 - 2010: Chairman, National Organizing Committee for the fifth International conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS V) held in Kampala between 13^th – 15^th October, 2010
Aug – Oct. 2009: FPRI-Kampala/ UBOS Consultant in organizing MAAIF two-day workshop to consider the design of an annual agricultural production estimates system for Uganda (Prepared a background paper; Developed a detailed agenda, identified presenters; Developed a participants list and wrote the report on the workshop).
Nov 2009 & Mar 2010: FAO Consultancy work for assessing training capacity in agricultural Statistics in preparation of the Global Strategy for Improving Agricultural Statistics, Implementation Plan for Africa
August & Nov 2010: FAO Lesotho Support to the Agriculture Census
Oct 2009 – Jan 2011: Team Leader of a World Bank Migration Remittances Study based in the ISAE
Sept, 2009: FAO-Kampala/ UBOS FAO/UBOS Consultant in National Information System and Agricultural Statistics on Country STAT. Involved evaluating available agricultural and food information in Uganda: coverage, data types, quality, standardization, management, distribution in order to build a Metadata on agric. Statistics
Mar 2007 – Jun 2010: Lead Consultant of a team of two other consultants and about six senior Bank of Uganda(BOU) staff on the Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) and Index of Agricultural Production (IAP) Project.
Sept 2006 – Feb 2007: Consultant to BOU on DRC and IAP Project
2006: Designed and carried out a survey on postal services in Uganda for the Uganda Communications Commission.
May 2006 – Feb. 2007: Served as a National Consultant to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics to prepare the Agriculture Sector Strategic Plan for Statistics (SSPS) under the Plan for National Statistical Development (PNSD)
2005/2006: Served as a Consultant to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics on the Uganda National Household Survey 2005 to design the questionnaire on the Agriculture Module, data analysis and report writing.
Since 2002: Member of the National Agricultural Statistics Technical Committee (NASTC) since its formation.
Nov. 2002 – May 2004: As a National Long-Term Consultant in UBOS lead the design of the pilot census of agriculture; carried out experiments in methodology for area measurement and yield estimation; and designed a pilot system for the collection of annual agricultural statistics – the proposed Permanent Agricultural Statistics System (PASS).
2001/2002: Member of the 2002 Population Census Steering Committee
Oct. 1998 to Jan. 2006: Deputy Director and then Director (Head) of the Trade and External Debt Department in Bank of Uganda (BOU) (Dealt with issues on Public and External Debt and Domestic Debt including Debt Sustainability Analysis; Spearheaded development of data collection on Capital Flows including designing surveys and Revised Foreign Exchange Recording Forms; Regulation of Foreign Exchange Bureaux including drafting a new Foreign Exchange Act and Regulations; Design a system of collecting remittances coming into Uganda; In collaboration with the Faculty of Economics designed a course unit on External Public Debt.).
1994 -1998: Head of Central Statistics Office in Uganda and Spearheaded the transformation of the department into the current semi-autonomous Uganda Bureau of Statistics. This included leading the drafting of the respective legislation and institutional framework. Also revived the publication of the Statistical Abstract.
1989 - 1994: Senior Economist/Statistician, Agric Secretariat, BOU at time of liberalisation of the agricultural sector and restructuring of most agricultural parastatals. Participated in the designing of the system for the costs of production, processing and marketing data collection.
1990: Worked with Computer Expert to design a Management Information System for the Uganda Co-operative Alliance.
1989: National Expert – National Census of Agriculture and Livestock (NCAL)
1988: Founding Secretary, Uganda Statistical Society – a national professional society for statisticians.
-Member, Organising Committee of a Workshop on Population and Development for Senior Government officials.
-Member of Multi-disciplinary MISR-based teams which carried out consultancy work for the Agricultural Secretariat, Bank of Uganda on Land Tenure and Encroachment in Forests, Game Reserves and National Parks.
Since 1987: Have continued supervising post-graduate students in ISAE, Makerere University. Have also been external examiner for ISAE and the Faculty of Economics and Management.
1987: Member of the Technical Committee organising the National Census of Agriculture and Livestock. Also Chairman of the Training Sub-Committee. Also carried out and supervised research projects on agricultural statistics related to the census.
Participated in the organisation of the National Census of Civil Servants.
Participated in a study on the Costs of Production, Marketing and Processing of major cash and food products carried out by the Agricultural Secretariat, Bank of Uganda.
Participated in the field training of the newly recruited Agricultural Statisticians of the Ministry for Agriculture in Uganda.
1986 Carried out short consultancy for a Wye College (University of London) team reviewing requirements for technical and higher education in Uganda.
Took part in the technical discussions for drawing up a project document for a proposed Uganda Census of Agriculture.
Served as a consultant to the Planning Division, Ministry of Agriculture in the terminal evaluation of Phase 1 of the Agricultural Rehabilitation Project in N.E.Uganda.
1984 Was assistant to Prof. D.G.R. Belshaw when he wrote a desk-top brief on developments in agriculture (Policy and Production) for an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) mission to Uganda.
1980 Was Co-ordinator of a Workshop on the Rehabilitation and Development of Statistics in Uganda held in the Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (ISAE), Makerere University, 16-20 June, 1980.
1980 Played a leading role in the formation of the Uganda Statistics Society in June, 1980 and served as Founder Secretary until going on study leave in October, 1983.
1980 Participated in the discussions and drafting of the 1980 Uganda Population Census questionnaire and was District Training Officer for Mukono District. This included responsibility for training of all levels of personnel involved in the District and the supervision of the actual enumeration exercise.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS edit

Oct 2010: ICAS V Papers:- In the Construction of an International Agricultural Data Quality Assessment Framework (ADQAF)” with Seth Mayinza & Flavia Ouma - “Prospects and Challenges of Training in Agricultural Statistics at Different Levels in a Developing Country” with Agnes Ssekiboobo
Aug – Oct. 2009: IFPRI Report: Background paper, developed a detailed agenda, identified presenters, developed a participants list and wrote the report on the workshop
2007/8: Wrote the Statistics Reform Chapter for the Book ‘Uganda’s Economic Reforms: Insider Accounts’ by Oxford University Press
2007: “ Monitoring Workers’ Remittances and Benefits in Uganda: The Statistical Issues” A paper presented at the 56^th International Statistical Institute (ISI) session, Lisboa Portugal; August 2007.
2005: “Promoting and Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals in African Countries: Evidence From Uganda” A Report Prepared for The Institute of Statistical and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana/NEPAD Study of progress on Millennium Development Goals.
2004: “Global Positioning System (GPS) Equipment for Agricultural Statistics in Uganda: Lessons Learned from Fieldwork in Uganda” Third International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS III), MEXSAI: Measuring Sustainable Agriculture Indicators, 2^nd – 4^th November, 2004; The Westin Resort, Cancun Mexico.
2004: “Transferring Funds to Uganda: The Current Legal Ways and Issues” The Uganda North American Association (UNAA) Seattle, WA, USA; 3^rd to 6^th September, 2004
2004: “Experiments in Yield Estimation in Uganda” International Statistical Institute, August 2003, Berlin, Germany.
2002-2006: Consultant with the African Development Bank on the annual African Outlook Report. Drafted Uganda Reports
2001/2: Various reports on Private Capital Flows in Uganda
2001: “The HIPC Debt Relief Initiative: Uganda’s Experience” United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER) Conference on Debt Relief, Helsinki, Finland, 17-18 August, 2001.
2000: “Micro Enterprises and Micro Finance: Does it Reach the Needy?” Paper Presented at a Seminar on Transformation in Uganda, organised by Makerere Institute of Social Research. March 2 - 4, 2000. Nile Resort Hotel, Jinja.
2000: “Institutional Structures for Effective Debt Management in Uganda” Paper Presented at the Capacity Building in Debt Management Workshop for Uganda, organised by the Macroeconomic & Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI), Held at Hotel Equatorial, Kampala, May, 22 - 27, 2000.
2000: “Strategies in Place for Uganda to Ensure Sustainability of Debt After HIPC Debt Relief” Paper presented at the MEFMI Strategic Planning Sessions in Debt Management, Pamodzi Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia, June 15 – 17, 2000.
2000: “External Debt Management and Policy” Paper presented at the 13^th East African Central Banking Course, July,2000, Colline Hotel, Mukono, Uganda.
1995: “Statistics on Orphans in Uganda” Proceedings of the 12^th Conference of Commonwealth Statisticians 6-15 March, 1995, Wellington, New Zealand.
1995: “Communicating Quality: Informing Users of Data Quality and Methodology” Proceedings of the Joint IOAS/AFSA Conference, Addis Ababa, 19-25 May, 1995.
1990: Aspects of Indian Agricultural Statistics Applicable to Uganda. Report of a Study Tour to Indian Agricultural Statistics and Pricing Institutions 17^th Sept. – 5^th October, 1990.
1990: Pooling and Co-ordination of Resources for the collection of Food and Agricultural Statistics in Uganda, Agricultural Secretariat, Discussion Paper.
1990: Member of the Task Force of the National Technical Committee on Agriculture, Food and Nutrition. A project co-ordinated by the Population Secretariat, MPED.
1989: Community Level Statistics: Using Resistance Councils to Monitor and Evaluate UNICEF Projects in Mbarara District. A report prepared for UNICEF, Kampala “Population, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition” Status Report on Population and Development – Projects UGA/88/PO4 and UGA/88/PO5, MPED.
1987: “The Relationship between Land and the Projected Livestock and Human Populations” – report written for the Commission on the Development of Ranches, July, 1988. “The Problems of Estimating the Levels of Food Production in Uganda” – joint paper presented at the National conference on the status and prospects of the Food Industry in Uganda - September, 1988.
1987: “New Developments in Food and Agricultural Statistics”. Paper presented at an Agricultural Statisticians’ Orientation Seminar; 24-28 August, 1987at DFI Mukono. “The Determination of Data Needs” Paper presented at the International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS) Workshop for Statisticians from Developing countries; 4-8 September, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan.
1987: Member of a multi-disciplinary team of 3 which undertook Land Tenure Study in Rukungiri District. Sponsored by the Land Tenure Centre, University of Wisconsin in collaboration with the Makerere Institute of Social Research.
1987: “Agricultural Census and its Importance: The Case of Uganda” paper presented at the Data Producer and Users workshop organised for the National Census of Agriculture and Livestock (NCAL) 2-6 November, 1987 in Jinja.
1987: “Rural Rapid Appraisal or Statistical Assessments: A Case of Poor Communications” Discussion paper, School of Development Studies
1987: “The Determination of Data Needs and Priorities: A Case Study of Food and Agricultural Statistics in Uganda” unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of East Anglia, UK.
1985: “Framework for Ranking Data Needs: A Case Study of the Coffee Rehabilitation Project”, Development Studies – Discussion paper No.194, School of Development Studies (UEA).
1983: “Imputation Values for 1984 Graduated Tax Assessment” Report prepared for the Ministry of Local Government, Uganda.
1982: “Recommendations for Improving the Estimation of Rural Income and Wealth for Tax Assessment in Uganda” Paper presented at the African Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Dualla, Cameroon December, 1982.
1981: ‘Graduated Tax Assessment in Uganda”, report prepared for the Ministry of Local Government, Uganda.
1980: “Problems Encountered in the Collection of Agricultural Price Statistics in Uganda”, paper presented at the workshop on the Rehabilitation of Statistics in Uganda, ISAE, June, 1980.
1977: “Methods of Collecting Current Agricultural Statistics in Uganda”, Monograph, ISAE.
1976: “Errors and Biases in the Estimation of Yield Based on Crop Cutting from Sample Plots”, unpublished Master’s Report, Kansas State University, USA.

CIVIC LIFE edit

1988: Secretary, LC1 Makerere University Hall Zone
1990 – 1995: Secretary, Nansana LC II and Councillor Nabweru Sub-County in Mpigi District
===== Council also served as Chairman, Planning Committee, Mpigi District LCVA. =====
2000/02: Chairman, Nansana Water Development Committee. The committee worked on extending NWSC water to Nansana Town.