Formed 2004 Website Homepage | Jurisdiction Government of Uganda | |
Headquarters Georgian House
5 George Street
Kampala, Uganda Agency executives Chairman,
Francis Butagira
Registral General,
Bemanya Twebaze Parent agency Uganda Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | ||
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is a semi-autonomous government agency, established by Act of Parliament in 1998 in Uganda. URSB is responsible for civil registrations (including marriages and divorces but not including births, adoptions, or deaths), business registrations (setups and liquidations), registration of patents and intellectual property rights, and any other registrations required by law.
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Locations
The headquarters of URSB are located at Georgian House, 5 George Street, in Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the main office are 0°19'04.0"N, 32°34'39.0"E (Latitude:0.317768; Longitude:32.577508). In addition, URSB maintains branch offices at the following locations:
- Posta Branch - Posta Uganda Main Office, Booths 2 & 3, Kampala Road, Kampala
- UIA Branch - UIA Offices, 2nd Floor, Twed Towers, Lumumba Avenue, Kampala
- Mbale Branch - Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, 3 Park Crescent, Mbale
- Mbarara Branch - 1 Kamukuzi Hill, Mbarara
- Gulu Branch – 6B Princess Road, Gulu
- Arua Branch – 42/44 Packwach Road, Arua
Overview
In 2015, URSB was awarded "global recognition for improved service delivery, client satisfaction, innovation and leadership", by OtherWays Management and Consulting, a France-based international research organisation.
One of the priority areas that URSB is working on is establishing a national registry of movable assets, also known as a "chattels registry", to enable micro, small, and medium businesses to borrow from the formal banking sector, which requires collateral.
In February 2016, URSB signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Directorate of Public Prosecutions and the Uganda Financial Intelligence Authority. The MoU was intended to ease the sharing of information between the three government agencies and reduce government bureaucracy. The ultimate goal is to cut down on the concealment of assets and illegal money laundering.
Board of directors
According to URSB's website on 30 March 2016, the members of the board of directors included the following:
Management
The following constituted URSB's senior management team as of 30 March 2016