Uganda's National Social Registry

One register. Every household. Fair targeting.

40 to 55 words on what the registry is and who it serves. Placeholder standfirst: the National Social Registry is the single authoritative record of socio-economic data on Ugandan households, used by government programmes to identify, verify and refer people to social protection.

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0,000,000 Households registered as at {{date}}

0,000,000 People covered as at {{date}}

00 Sub-regions distinct names in REF-DATA

000 of 000 Districts reached as at {{date}}

Backed by law Verified against NIRA Your data is protected Independently audited

About the NSR

A single register for social protection

45 words. Name the mandate, the ministry, and the PMT method. Placeholder: the registry is maintained by the NSR Unit under MGLSD, collects socio-economic data on households nationwide, and scores welfare using a Proxy Means Test approved under dual authority.

One national register

25 words on scale and single source of truth.

Verified identity

25 words on NIRA validation and deduplication.

Objective targeting

25 words on the PMT, dual approval, and no discretion.

Protected by law

25 words on the DPPA 2019, consent, and the audit chain.

Statistics at a glance

What the register knows

0,000,000Households registered

0,000,000People covered

0.0Average household size

000Districts

0,000Sub-counties

00,000Parishes

Coverage by band

Method: registered households as a share of projected households per district. Placeholder figures. as at {{date}}

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Districts by share of projected households registered. The band name is in the row header and the count is in its own column, so the chart never relies on colour alone and needs no legend.
Above 100%		00
75 to 100%		00
50 to 75%		00
25 to 50%		00
Below 25%		00

Coverage by sub-region

Static SVG, no tile provider and no API key (§2, §12).

Static SVG choropleth of Uganda's sub-regions.
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Placeholder rows. Sub-region names from REF-DATA.
Sub-region	Households	Share
Acholi	00,000	00.0%
Karamoja	00,000	00.0%
Busoga	00,000	00.0%
Cells built on fewer than 10 households show `..` per the §8.3 disclosure floor, pending DPO sign-off (LP-O-06).

Who is on the register

Percentages to one decimal, with absolute values (§8.3).

00.0%Female

00.0%Under 18

00.0%Living with a disability

00.0%Female-headed households

No disability, health or other special-category breakdown is published below district level (§8.3).

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How it works

From the household to the programme

Community entry and sensitisation

25 words.

Field operations

Household data collection

25 words.

INT — CAPI, web, USSD

Quality checks and identity verification

25 words.

DAT-DQA · DAT-DDUP · IDV

Welfare scoring

25 words.

PMT

The register

25 words.

DAT

Programme targeting and referral

25 words.

REF

Read the detailed process

Public services

Three things you can do here

Check my registration status

Confirm if your household is on the register and what stage it has reached.

DAT read-only · Release 1

Needs your reference code and the phone number recorded at capture. We send a one-time code to that phone. A NIN alone is never accepted (§7.1).

Check status

Lodge a grievance

Report a wrong record, an exclusion, or a complaint. Track it with a reference code.

GRM · Release 1

No CAPTCHA stands between a citizen and a complaint (§7.2).

Lodge or track

Request registry data

Government agencies, programmes and researchers can request data under a signed agreement.

API-DRS · Release 1

Aggregates are public. Row-level data needs a Data Sharing Agreement and DPO approval.

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Data access

Access registry data

35 words on who may request data, what a Data Sharing Agreement requires, and what arrives.

Submit a request

Complete the online form. Name your organisation, the data you need, and your purpose.

Review and agreement

The NSR Unit and the Data Protection Officer review the request against your Data Sharing Agreement.

Secure delivery

Approved extracts arrive encrypted and watermarked, or through a paginated API.

Typical turnaround: {{n}} working days from a complete request. — owner needed, LP-O-03

Quick data request

One short form. We reply with a reference code and the next step.

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Browse the data catalogue to see which fields exist and which need a DSA before you ask.

Publications

Reports, policy and the data catalogue

Annual registry report {{year}}

PDF0.0 MB {{date}}

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Targeting and PMT methodology note

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Data catalogue

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Partners

MGLSDNITA-U NIRAUBOS OPMWorld Bank SAGENUSAF PDM

Wordmarks stand in for logo assets.

0800 000 000

NSR Helpline · Toll free · {{operating hours}} — LP-O-07