Eastern Region
Mbale, Elgon and the Kenyan border trade.
Eastern Uganda is where cross-border trade with Kenya is checked. Clearing agents, transporters, warehouses at Busia and Malaba, and the Elgon coffee trade all generate verification work that has to be done in person.
- Researcher based in the district
- Covered regularly from the regional hub
- On request, travel quoted separately
What we cover here
Mbale, Elgon and the Kenyan border trade.
Getting there
Mbale base, covering Tororo, Busia, Soroti, Kumi and Sironko.
What clients ask us to do in Eastern.
Regions differ. What a bank needs checked in Kampala is not what a donor needs checked in Gulu, and the brief is written accordingly.
- 01
Clearing agent, transporter and bonded warehouse verification at the border
- 02
Coffee washing station and cooperative checks on the Elgon slopes
- 03
Cross-border supplier confirmation before a first shipment
- 04
Household and trader surveys across the eastern districts
Where we work in Eastern.
We have researchers based in Busia, Mbale City, Tororo. The rest of the region is reached from Mbale City.
| District | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Busia | Researcher based here |
| Mbale City | Researcher based here |
| Tororo | Researcher based here |
| Mbale | Regular coverage |
| Soroti City | Regular coverage |
| Amuria | On request, with travel |
| Budaka | On request, with travel |
| Bududa | On request, with travel |
| Bukedea | On request, with travel |
| Bukwo | On request, with travel |
| Bulambuli | On request, with travel |
| Butaleja | On request, with travel |
| Butebo | On request, with travel |
| Kaberamaido | On request, with travel |
| Kalaki | On request, with travel |
| Kapchorwa | On request, with travel |
| Kapelebyong | On request, with travel |
| Katakwi | On request, with travel |
| Kibuku | On request, with travel |
| Kumi | On request, with travel |
| Kween | On request, with travel |
| Manafwa | On request, with travel |
| Namisindwa | On request, with travel |
| Ngora | On request, with travel |
| Pallisa | On request, with travel |
| Serere | On request, with travel |
| Sironko | On request, with travel |
| Soroti | On request, with travel |
A district that is not listed is not a refusal. Ask us, and we will quote it with the travel shown as its own line for you to approve, or tell you honestly that we cannot do it well.
Everything we offer is available in Eastern.
Turnaround varies with distance from the hub. The quote always states the date we will be on site.
Business and property verification
Confirm that a company, premises, plot or asset exists, is occupied, and is what the other party says it is.
Market intelligence
Prices, stock, competitors and distribution, collected in the market rather than estimated from a desk.
Mystery shopping
See your branch, outlet or agent the way an ordinary customer does, not the way a scheduled inspection does.
Tourism and hospitality intelligence
Verify a lodge, camp, operator or route before you book a client into it or put it in your catalogue.
Field surveys and interviews
Structured data collection from households, traders, farmers or programme participants, in the local language.
Data collection for AI and research
Licensed, consented, locally sourced imagery, audio and text from Uganda, collected to a written specification.
Identity, address and background checks
Confirm that a person lives where they say, worked where they say and holds the certificate they showed you.
Loan, collateral and claim checks
See the collateral, the borrower's business and the loss behind a claim before money moves, and after.
Beneficiary and payroll verification
Check a list of people against the people themselves: who exists, who qualifies, and who received what.
School, health and service point checks
Unannounced visits that record whether a school, clinic or water point is open, staffed, supplied and working.
Project and asset monitoring
See how far a building, road or water system has really got, and whether equipment you paid for is where it should be.
Need something confirmed in Eastern?
Send the location and the questions. We will come back with a fixed price and the date a researcher will be on site.