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The Uganda Land Commission (ULC) is a semi-autonomous land verification, monitoring, and preservation organisation, owned by the Ugandan government, that is mandated to document, verify, preserve, and maintain land owned and/or administered by the government.
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD), is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for "policy direction, national standards and coordination of all matters concerning lands, housing and urban development". [1] The ministry is headed by a cabinet minister, currently Judith Nabakooba. [2]
Tanzania's land use regulatory system is still based upon the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, which was adopted in contemporary Tanzania in 1956 just before the independence of what was formerly known as Tanganyika. As colonization often skewed power towards officials and away from individuals, the land use regulations even after ...
One of the immediate planning goals is Uganda's attainment of middle-income status, with an annual per capita income of US$1,036 or higher. [7] Originally planned for 2020, [ 3 ] more realistic evaluation puts that event in the 2025 to 2030 time frame.
Mailo is a unique form of land tenure in Uganda. Around 9 per cent of the country's land is held under the mailo system, which is similar to freehold. It was set up by the 1900 Buganda Agreement. Idi Amin then made all land publicly owned, and the 1995 Constitution of Uganda reintroduced mailo.
Uganda, [b] officially the Republic of Uganda, [c] is a landlocked country in East Africa.It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania.
The 1995 Constitution of Uganda mandated four forms of land ownership, namely mailo, customary, freehold and leasehold. [2] Tenant rights were then boosted by the 1998 Land Act and its 2010 amendment. [3] The government sought to regulate squatting amongst other things with the 2010 Land Amendment Act and the 2018 Landlord and Tenant Bill. [1]
The wetlands of Uganda are highly treasured natural resources that cover 30,105 square kilometres (11,624 sq mi) of Uganda's total land area of 241,500 square kilometres (93,200 sq mi) accounting to 13% of the total land area. [1] In Uganda, wetlands are locally utilized surrounding communities for construction, agriculture, tourism, crafts ...