Government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, has revealed that a law regulating land and property brokers in Uganda is in the offing.
The challenge of the brokers is being addressed in the ministry through a number of interventions. The first one is that the ministry is coming up with a law to regulate land brokers and property brokers through the real estate bill, for which the principles were approved by cabinet and the bill is under processing by the First Parliamentary Council. And, of course, it will cover all the real estate,” Richard Juuko, Undersecretary, Ministry of Lands, said.
He made the remarks while appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on 3rd March 2026, to respond to queries raised by the Auditor General, in his December 2025 annual report, where he was responding to concerns raised by MPs on the errant behaviour of brokers that are exacerbating land wrangles in Uganda.
His remarks were in response to a concern raised by Asuman Basalirwa (Bugiri Municipality) who tasked the Ministry of Lands to explain under what legal framework brokers in Uganda operate, citing several land wrangles where some of them are involved.
During the same meeting, Dorcas W. Okalany, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development also revealed that plans are underway to amend the Physical Planning Act, wherein, Government will dictate land use in Uganda, even if that land is privately owned.
“I think next week we are going to cabinet to amend our Physical Planning Act to include what they use. You can own the land but we will tell you how to use the land and how to gain income out of your land.
You have realised that many people build single houses or those ones who are better off they build the double stories and people don’t want to live together but we have to work on it as Ugandans to know that we can live in a small area, leave land for production and be able to sustain ourselves,” explained Okalany.
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