Part VI How to protect your land going forward a) Ensure you transfer it and register yourself as the registered proprietor as soon as possible. Note that Uganda uses the “Torren’s system” of land registration of titles. This system covers private mailo land and freehold. Customary land tenure follows the Land Act. Mailo land (Kabaka’s […]
Part IV If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. The second major question to resolve is the size and boundaries of the land. People have bought land and property and discovered the property has no access/ road leading to it. People have started construction only to discover they built in a wrong plot, this […]
Having carried out your due diligence and are ready to purchase the land, we advise that formalize and enter into a Sale Agreement. We could discuss for a day about what should be contained in a sale agreement and the importance of each clause. It is that intense and important! Why? – With some few […]
Buying and selling land is one of the most profitable business ventures you can engage in. It is never too early to start and you can never have too little money to start. In a recent conversation with one of our clients, Ukrainian billionaire, Mr. Machuka Volodymyr, a majority owner of Coke Engineering with several […]
Part III In carrying out your due diligence, the first major question you should be trying to establish and investigate is;- A) Who owns the land and how did they acquire it? In whose names is the title registered? • Through letters of administration? Then beware, these don’t necessarily allow him to sell, he owns […]
So you have been informed of a hot deal of a land sale at an unbelievable price, before you go running to pay for that “hot deal” that will wipe out your savings and leave you paying unworthy debts, kindly consider a few things;- a) Carry out a search at the Ministry of Lands Office […]
The government of Uganda recognizes that the state should provide means of access of good shelter to every Ugandan. The National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in the 1995 constitution of Ugandan provides that the State shall endeavor to fulfill the fundamental rights of all Ugandans to social justice and economic development and […]
The first day of July came a crude surprise for some of us. Just a few minutes after midnight those of us who were within the borders of Uganda found ourselves unable to access several internet sites because they had been categorised as ‘over-the-top’ services and slapped with a bizarre tax of UGX200 per day. Those […]
WE NEED A REVOLUTION! Yesterday I joined Caring Hearts Uganda organization which is run by Mrs. Barbara Kyagulanyi aka Barbie Kyagulani aka Mrs. Bobi Wine, to Plant a Smile and give foodstuffs and other necessities to single mothers living in the Kamokya ghetto and slums. Their situation is dire! Huge number of people crammed into […]
In Uganda, without realizing it, many of us breach copy right laws in our day to day life. Are you breaching the copy right law? To answer this question we would need to understand what the said law entails and how it is breached on the daily. Copy right law is that which gives the […]
