The National Bureau of Statistics is an autonomous public office established by the Statistics Act, CAP 351 R.E. 2019 and has the mandate to provide official statistics to the Government, Business community and the Public. Before transformation as autonomous public office the NBS was government Executive Agency established under the Executive Agencies Act No. 30,1997. It was established following the transformation of the former Central Bureau of Statistics which was a department under the then Planning Commission.

As an executive agency, NBS functioned under the authority of the Statistics Act No. 1 of 2002. This transformation aimed at enhancing effectiveness and efficiency in the overall process of statistical production and coordination of National Statistical System (NSS) in the country as proclaimed in the then new enacted Statistics Act.

As an autonomous public Office, NBS provides efficient statistical services, as well as increasing realization of value for money for the benefit of the government and the public at large.

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