National Field Operations StandbyVORA Uganda is preparing for the next phase of National Field Operations & Intelligence activities across Uganda. Field verification, service mapping, inclusion intelligence and economic opportunity assessment for Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons are being prepared. Further updates will be shared as deployment arrangements are confirmed.
Uganda National Inclusion Intelligence
Older Persons
Intelligence
A source-aware evidence layer for population, location, living context, economic participation, programmes, barriers, opportunities and outcomes—with field verification kept separate from the official source record.
Official source first2024–2025 evidence priorityNo false totals
VORA60+ EvidencePopulation → place → activity → programme → outcome
Population
Living context
Capability
Programmes
Field verification
Outcomes
Source-published desk evidence
The national 60+ picture
These figures come from official published sources already in VORA’s governed evidence bank. They are shown with definitions and limitations; a separate VORA release-control process continues to govern derived or compiled releases.
Age, literacy, living arrangements & intersection
Ageing is not a single condition
VORA separates age structure, literacy, living arrangement and disability intersection so service design and economic planning do not start from stereotypes.
Age distribution within 60+
Different life-stage windows
UBOS NPHC 2024 · non-overlapping bandsLiteracy & information access
A major sex gap shapes how services communicate
Literacy is an access and human-capital indicator. It must never be interpreted as capability or incapacity.
Open MGLSD statistical source ↗Disability intersection
Planning must see both age and disability
46.8%disability prevalence
within age 60+
within age 60+
UBOS Disability Monograph published 2025 using NPHC 2024 evidence.
Living context
Household context helps design access routes
13.3%60+ living in single-person households4.6average household size where head is an Older Person1.31Mwomen aged 60+984Kmen aged 60+
Living alone is a context indicator, not automatic proof of vulnerability.
Source-defined geography
Subregional Older Persons population
Counts show where larger absolute 60+ populations sit; the share shows how strongly older age features within each subregion. Both matter for planning.
Geography rule: these are UBOS statistical subregions. VORA’s field-operational geography remains separately governed and is never silently substituted.
Programme and budget intelligence
Track the route—not only the announcement
Published budget and programme information helps Government planning, but VORA still separates allocation, release, receipt, use and outcome.
Social protection
UGX 121.16BFY2025/26 approved budget contextEligibility and payment continuity require current official administrative evidence.
Enterprise pathway
UGX 5.00BFY2025/26 approved budget contextEnterprise suitability, group appraisal, delivery and utilisation remain separate checks.
PDM + technical sector pathways
Verify locallyCapability • accessibility • climate • market • programme rulesVORA connects verified potential to responsible systems rather than creating a parallel fund.
01Budget02Allocation03Release04Receipt05Utilisation06Outcome07Learning
Decision intelligence
From official evidence to the next responsible field question
The national mission is not measured by meetings. It is measured by whether verified evidence becomes a better route, investment, service, policy decision or outcome.
01Who are these people?02Where are they?03What are they doing now?04What can they do?05What do they want to do?06What barriers are stopping them?07What resources already exist around them?08What verified intervention could turn that capability into income, independence and participation?
Core VORA question
Who are these people, where are they, what are they doing, what can they do, what do they want to do, what barriers are stopping them, what resources already exist around them, and what verified intervention could turn that capability into income, independence and participation?
Sources, recency & trust
The evidence trail stays open
VORA prioritises 2024–2025 evidence for current national statistics, planning and budget context and clearly distinguishes current policy/governance sources.
Uganda Bureau of StatisticsNational Population and Housing Census 2024 — Final Report, Volume I (Main)2024 · official source ↗Uganda Bureau of StatisticsNational Population and Housing Census 2024 — Disability Monograph2024 census; monograph published 2025 · official source ↗Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social DevelopmentStatistical Abstract 2023/24 — Older Persons statistics using NPHC 20242023/24 statistical abstract; NPHC 2024 indicators · official source ↗Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social DevelopmentMinisterial Policy Statement FY 2025/26 — achievements in FY2024/25FY2024/25 · official source ↗Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic DevelopmentVote Approved Budget Estimates FY2025/26 — MGLSD Disability & ElderlyFY2025/26 · official source ↗National Planning AuthorityFourth National Development Plan (NDP IV) FY2025/26–FY2029/30FY2025/26–FY2029/30 · official source ↗
Field verification links to source evidence rather than rewriting it.
Age 60+ does not automatically mean eligibility for SAGE, SEGOP or any other programme.
Neither age nor disability is treated as a proxy for what a person can or cannot do.
Funding, delivery and impact are separate evidence states.