Uganda Land Commission

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Uganda Land Commission
Company typeParastatal
IndustryLand preservation
Founded1995
Headquarters Kampala, Uganda
Key people
 Beatrice Byenkya
Chairperson [1]
ProductsOwnership verification and maintenance

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. [2]

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Location

The headquarters of ULC are located on the 4th Floor, Nakawa Business Park, at 3-5 New Port Bell Road, in the Nakawa neighborhood of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [3] This is approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi), by road, east of the city's central business district. [4] The coordinates of the Commission's head office are:0°19'39.0"N, 32°36'45.0"E (Latitude:0.327500; Longitude:32.612500). [5]

Overview

The ULC was created by the Ugandan Parliament in 1995. The mission of the ULC is to hold and manage all land in Uganda legally owned or acquired by Government in accordance with the Constitution of Uganda. The Commission is also responsible for holding and managing land owned by Uganda, outside of the country. However, that second mandate may be delegated to Uganda's Missions abroad. The Commission is governed by a full-time Chairperson, assisted by up to eight part-time Commissioners. The Commission's Secretariat is headed by the Secretary who is assisted by the Undersecretary. The Undersecretary heads three distinct functional units namely; (a) Finance and Administration, (b) Technical Support and (c) Land Fund. [6]

Governance

The institution is governed by a six-person board of directors. As of April 2019, the following individuals were members of that board. [1]

  1. Beatrice Byenkya: Chairperson
  2. Pen-Mogi Nyeko: Member
  3. Asuman Kyafu: Member
  4. Stella Achan: Member
  5. Rukiika Bujara: Member
  6. Charles Muhoozi: Member

Past chairpersons of the Uganda Land Commission include the following:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lumu, David (19 April 2019). "Museveni replaces Isoke with Byenkya at ULC helm". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 Nakatudde, Olive (22 August 2013). "Nkangi Dropped As Uganda Land Commission Chair". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network . Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Uganda Land Commission (2019). "Uganda Land Commission: Contact Us" (Cashed from the original on 1 April 2019). Kampala: Uganda Land Commission. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Globefeed.com (19 April 2019). "Distance between Kampala Post Office, Uganda and UAP Nakawa Business Park, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Google (19 April 2019). "Location of the headquarters of Uganda Land Commission, Nakawa Business Park, Kampala" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Uganda Land Commission (2019). "About Uganda Land Commission". Kampala: Uganda Land Commission. Archived from the original (Cashed from the original on 1 April 2019) on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Ssenyonga, Andrew (6 March 2017). "Ex-minister Mayanja Nkangi dies aged 85". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
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