The Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba, revealed that the government will hand over 391,000 certificates of freehold titles to Ugandans under the second phase of the Systematic Land Adjudication and Certification (SLAAC) program by the end of September.
She made the remark on Monday, 4th August, while dispatching 44,425 land titles for Ugandans in 13 districts in six Ministry Zonal Offices (MZOs) of Soroti, Jinja, Mbarara, Masindi, Lira, and Arua at the Data Processing Centre, Surveys and Mapping Department in Entebbe, Wakiso District.
The beneficiary districts include: Bukedea with 2,787; Serere 1,519; Soroti 1,279; Kamuli 7,458; Luuka 642; Jinja 494; Mayuge 3,260; Isingiro 2,978; Ntungamo 3,618; Sheema 2,733; Kikuube 8,728; Marcha 4,313; and Oyam 4,616.This is the second batch following the 57,325 freehold titles for the beneficiaries that were dispatched on 7th July, 2025.
Nabakooba explained that this Systematic land adjudication is an innovation of the government to ensure that no one is left behind during the survey and registration of land as promised in the manifesto.
“The process involves ascertaining the interests of unregistered land systematically, parcel by parcel, for everyone – richor poor, educated or illiterate, the vulnerable and marginalised, are all included in securing their rights under this intervention that is highlysubsidised by the government,” she said.
The Minister therefore lauded the development partners specifically the World Bank for its support in the implementation of the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP), which closed on 30 November 2024.
“Furthermore, my sincere gratitude is extended to the three (3) SLAAC contractors who are still working with us to ensure that all the expected titles are produced and issued.”
In conclusion, the Minister noted that these titles shall be taken to the various MZOs and lists givento the respective CAOs and RDCs to inform the owners to collect their titlesas soon as possible, adding, “Guidelines for issuance have been developed by theMinistry and I hope that they are adhered to.”
Richard Juuko, the undersecretary at the Ministry of Lands, who represented the Permanent Secretary expressed commitment to expediting the mass titling exercise to meet the deadline by the end of September.
“Despite a few challenges including internet and the exercise being new, they have been able to process these titles as expected and they are going to increase the tenure security as well as fostering growth of the banking sector,” he said.
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