Vehicle registration plates of Uganda

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Uganda requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates . [1] A serial letter is shown in the right part of the plate. [2]

Uganda Government vehicles are written with red paint on a yellow/orange or white background. They all start with UG, followed by a number then a letter code to identify the ministry, department, or agency.

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Government vehicle are identified with the following codes: [3] [4]

Previously, Uganda had three agencies responsible for handling issues of license plates and these were; Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) and the Military Licensing Board (MLB). However, with effect from 1 July 2023 all vehicle registration functions were fully handed over to the Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) from Uganda Revenue Authority a move that had been in the pipeline for three years. [5] [6]

Transition to Digital number plates

Uganda faced security challenges such as the several high-profile murders like that of Major Mohammed Kiggundu in November 2016, the Uganda Police spokesperson AIGP Felix Kaweesi in March 2017, Arua Municipality legislator Hon. Ibrahim Abiriga in June 2018, and that of former Buyende district Police Commander Muhamad Kirumira in September 2018 and the failed assassination of former army commander Gen. Katumba Wamala that claimed the life of his daughter in June 2021. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] All these murders seemed to have one common characteristic which was assailants following victims in their cars, shooting them and the move away with help of boda boda (motor bikes). This led to the birth of ideas of such as installing surveillance cameras in major towns and highways and also the use of digital number plates on all motor vehicles to ease tracking of criminals that had made it a habit to use vehicles to flee scenes of crime and ultimately combat crime.The ideas were majorly fronted by the President of Uganda Rtd. Gen. Yoweri Museveni who even re-echoed the same in his 2021 state of the nation address. [12] [13] [14]

Government of Uganda in 2021 signed an agreement with a Russian firm Joint StockGlobal Security Company to deliver the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) to be used in the tracking of motor vehicles in Uganda [15] [16] However the process that led to contracting the company was contested and even probed by the parliamentary committee on physical infrastructure and later to a classified Committee of the House [17] [18] However the probe and findings did not hinder government from continuing with the plan and the digital number plates drive was successfully launched in November 2023 by Security Minister Rtd Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi and his Works and Transport counterpart Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala starting with the installations of the technology enhanced plates on government owned vehicles. [19] [20]

Below is a description of the new codes on the digital registration plates for government ministries, departments and agencies vehicles according to the traffic and road safety (Registration plates) (amendment) (No.3) Regulations, 2024;

Digital Registration Plates
CodeGovernment agency
UG 01 00001OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
UG 02 00001EDUCATION SERVICE COMMISSION
UG 03 00001ELECTORAL COMMISSION
UG 04 00001EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION
UG 05 00001HEALTH SERVICES COMMISSION
UG 06 00001JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION
UG 07 00001LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
UG 08 00001PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
UG 09 00001UGANDA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
UG 10 00001UGANDA LAND COMMISSION
UG 11 00001UGANDA LAW REFORM COMMISSION
UG 12 00001MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES
UG 16 00001INSPECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT
UG 18 00001MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND VETERAN AFFAIRS
UG 19 00001MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPORTS
UG 20 00001MINISTRY OF FINANCE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
UG 21 00001MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
UG 22 00001CLERK TO PARLIAMENT
UG 23 00001AUDITOR GENERAL
UG 24 00001MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
UG 25 00001COURTS OF JUDICATURE
UG 26 00001DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
UG 27 00001LAW DEVELOPMENT CENTER
UG 29 00001MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT
UG 30 00001MINISTRY OF LANDS, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UG 31 00001MINISTRY OF HEALTH
UG 32 00001MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND NATIONAL GUIDANCE
UG 33 00001MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE
UG 34 00001MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UG 35 00001MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT
UG 36 00001MINISTRY OF TOURISM, WILDLIFE AND ANTIQUITIES
UG 37 00001MINISTRY OF TRADE, INDUSTRIES AND CO-OPERATIVES
UG 38 00001MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT
UG 39 00001MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
UG 40 00001MINISTRY OF GENDER LABOUR AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
UG 41 00001OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
UP 00001UGANDA POLICE FORCE
UU 00001UGANDA PRISONS SERVICE

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