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Location

The headquarters of the ministry are located at 13-15 Parliament Avenue, in the Central Division of

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, 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

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* 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 Valuation ** 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

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, in partnership with

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and with funding from the

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, 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.

List of ministers

Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development

(8 June 2021-present) *

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(14 December 2019 - 8 June 2021) *

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(6 June 2016 - 14 December 2019) *

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(27 May 2011 - 6 June 2016) *

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(1 June 2006 - 27 May 2011)

Minister of Land, Water and the Environment

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(2003 - 1 June 2006)

References

External links

* {{authority control Government ministries of Uganda Land management ministries Housing ministries Urban development ministries