About Uganda Land Commission (ULC)
The Uganda Land Commission (ULC) is a semi-autonomous land verification, monitoring and preservation organisation, owned by the Ugandan government, that is mandated to document, verify, preserve and maintain land owned and/or administered by the government.
The ULC was created by the Ugandan Parliament in 1995. The mission of the ULC is to hold and manage all land in Uganda legally owned or acquired by Government in accordance with the Constitution of Uganda. The Commission is also responsible for holding and managing land owned by Uganda, outside of the country. However, that second mandate may be delegated to Uganda's Missions abroad. The Commission is governed by a full-time Chairperson, assisted by up to eight part-time Commissioners. The Commission's Secretariat is headed by the Secretary who is assisted by the Undersecretary. The Undersecretary heads three distinct functional units namely; (a) Finance and Administration, (b) Technical Support and (c) Land Fund.
Roles and Functions of Uganda Land Commission:
The 1995 Constitution Art.239 lays out the functions of ULC as to hold and manage any land in Uganda vested in or acquired by Government of Uganda in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and such other functions as may be prescribed by Parliament.
The Land Act, Cap 227 (sec 49) lays out the functions of ULC as follows;
a) Hold and manage any land in Uganda which is vested in or acquired by the Government in accordance with the Constitution;
b) Where applicable, hold and manage any land acquired by the Government abroad, except that the Commission may delegate the management of such land to Uganda’s Missions abroad;
c) Procure certificates of title for any land vested in or acquired by the Government;
d) Perform such other functions as may be prescribed by or under the Land Act or any other enactment;
e) Sec 41(2) of the Land Act places management of the Land Fund (LF) to the Uganda Land Commission.
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