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Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (Uganda)

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Type
  
Ministry

Website
  
mlhud.go.ug

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Uganda


Headquarters
  
13-15 Parliament Avenue Kampala, Uganda

Ministry executive
  
Betty Amongi, Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development

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". The ministry is headed by a cabinet minister, currently Betty Amongi.

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Location

The headquarters of the ministry are located at 13-15 Parliament Avenue, in the Central Division of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are 0°18'51.0"N, 32°35'16.0"E (Latitude:0.314167; Longitude:32.587778).

Subministries

The ministry is divided into three sub-ministries, each headed by a minister of state.

  • Minister of State, Lands Persis Namuganza
  • Minister of State, Housing Chris Baryomunsi
  • Minister of State, Urban Development Isaac Musumba
  • Organisational structure

    Administratively, the ministry is divided into the following directorates and departments:

  • Directorate of Land Management
  • Department of Surveys and Mapping
  • Department of Land Registration
  • Department of Land Administration
  • Directorate of Physical Planning and Urban Development
  • Department of Physical Planning
  • Department of Urban Development
  • Department of Land Use Regulation and Compliance
  • Directorate of Housing
  • Department of Human Settlement
  • Department of Housing Development and Estates Management
  • Department of Finance and Administration
  • Planning and Quality Assurance Department
  • Tasks

    In February 2010, the government of Uganda, in partnership with Thomson Reuters and with funding from the World Bank, began implementation of the Land information System. The system involves the digitization of Uganda's land registry, beginning with key geographical and administrative areas and then rolling the program out to include the entire country. This has improved the country's rank in the ease of doing business and has shortened turn-around times in processes like obtaining a mortgage, selling and buying land, and performing land surveys.

    References

    Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (Uganda) Wikipedia