{"id":9459,"date":"2023-07-16T16:14:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=9459"},"modified":"2023-07-16T16:16:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:16:42","slug":"lands-minister-nabakooba-says-government-has-issued-1-2m-new-land-titles-and-set-up-22-land-zonal-offices-under-the-cedp-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-nabakooba-says-government-has-issued-1-2m-new-land-titles-and-set-up-22-land-zonal-offices-under-the-cedp-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Lands Minister Nabakooba \u00a0says government has issued 1.2M new land titles and set up 22 Land Zonal Offices under the CEDP project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nabakooba highlights\u00a0 future plans for 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Our Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Government has&nbsp; set up 22 land&nbsp; zonal offices&nbsp; across the country to offer effective land management services under the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP), Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba has highlighted .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the media about the progress of the project which is&nbsp; financed&nbsp; by the&nbsp; International Development Agency , Nabakooba said that the zonal offices have increased from one to 22 and helped people to get land titles , resolve&nbsp; land conflicts and&nbsp; among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEDP is a government of Uganda Project financed by the International Development Agency of the World Bank to improve the competitiveness of enterprises in Uganda through supporting reforms in priority productive and service sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"9461\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-nabakooba-says-government-has-issued-1-2m-new-land-titles-and-set-up-22-land-zonal-offices-under-the-cedp-project\/na2-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/na2-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"na2-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/na2-1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/na2-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/na2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/na2-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/na2-1.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Lands Minister Nabakooba<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this project, the minister explained&nbsp; that &nbsp;government secured funding from the International Development Agency of the World Bank- which has enabled the project to create business reforms, giving priority to the Land administration reform which has seen transformation of the registration process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are undertaking systematic registration of communal and individually owned land and a well-implementing program of actions for strengthening institutions and mechanisms for land dispute resolutions,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cIn this exercise, we have developed geographical information systems, established appropriate databases and systems, and preparation of Physical development plans at the national, regional, and district levels,\u201d Nabakooba said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, she further noted, has enhanced the technology for special data publishing and strengthened the survey and mapping department to ensure they produce high-quality work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can distribute and disseminate base maps for land administration. We are undertaking systematic registration of communal and individually owned land by organizing and establishing communal groups into communal land associations in priority areas which includes the Northern and the Eastern regions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of June 2023, the Ministry through the project has registered 1.2 million mailo land titles, freeholds, lease titles, native freeholds, and subleases across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nabakooba further revealed that &nbsp;another 78,000 customary land titles have since been issued in districts&nbsp; of&nbsp; Kasese, Kabale, Nwoya, Adjumani, Butalejja, Mbale City, Moroto, Katakwi, Dokolo, and Amolatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With CEDP additional funding, the Lands Ministry will set up an archive center in Entebbe, ensure that the National Land System is enhanced, topographic maps are produced and disseminated in urban and rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry will also be in position to issue an additional &nbsp;1 million freehold titles in the districts of Isingiro, Kikuube, Ntungamo, Sheema, Ibanda, Kamuli, Oyam, Maracha, Apac, Soroti, Serere Bukedea, Namutumba, Luuka, Mayuge, and Jinja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry plans to carry out mapping and registration of 175,000 customary land titles in the areas of Omoro, Amuru, Kitgum, Kwania, Alebtong, Otuke, Kole, Buyende, Kaliro, Bugweri, Bugiri, Tororo, Budaka, Butebo, Kibuku, Pallisa, Busia, Kabiramyido, Yumbe, Zombo, Arua, Koboko, Nebbi, Ngora, Kabarole, Kyegegwa, Masindi among other districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further there will be the formation of 600 Communal Land Associations by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporter Government has&nbsp; set up 22 land&nbsp; zonal offices&nbsp; across the country to offer effective land management services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[179,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land","category-national-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/na-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6471,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/excitement-in-greater-ankole-region-as-lands-minister-nabakoobahands-over-land-titles\/","url_meta":{"origin":9459,"position":0},"title":"EXCITEMENT IN GREATER ANKOLE REGION AS LANDS MINISTER NABAKOOBA HANDS OVER LAND TITLES","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"August 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Our Reporter in Mbarara \u00a0 Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba has handed over land titles to residents in the \u00a0Greater Ankole \u00a0region to safeguard their land rights and foster economic growth and development . \u00a0 Nabakooba has since urged the residents to embrace government\u2019s development program and use their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nabak.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nabak.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nabak.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nabak.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/nabak.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7704,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/lands-minister-nabakooba-hands-over-2000-land-titles-in-lango-sub-region\/","url_meta":{"origin":9459,"position":1},"title":"Lands Minister Nabakooba hands over 2,000 land titles in \u00a0Lango Sub-region","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Correspondent In Oyam \u00a0 In her country wide campaign to secure the land rights of citizens the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Ms. Judith Nabakooba has handed over 2,000 land titles in Lango Sub region. 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