The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, with the support of IGN FI, launched the public web portal UgNLIS and mobile smartphone applications for iOS and Android on October 2. This marks a significant step in improving access to land information, transparency, and security in Uganda.
This public portal:
- Provides online access to the land titles registry, instantly generating search letters, eliminating the need for in-person visits to Zonal Autonomous Offices (MZO), and enabling rapid property verification.
- Facilitates online property valuation requests for real estate transactions.
- Enables the banking sector to initiate mortgage transactions remotely, significantly reducing processing times.
- Allows users to request and pay fees and stamp duties (via PRNs) for their transactions with the MZO through the online platform.
It is based on Uganda’s National Land Information System (UgNLIS), which has modernized land administration by reducing paperwork, improving data accuracy, and increasing accessibility for citizens, government institutions, and other stakeholders.
UgNLIS comprises 22 autonomous Zonal Offices of the Ministry across Uganda, where Ugandan citizens can conduct over 100 land transactions such as transfers, mortgages, freehold grants, leases, and subleases.
This “National Land Information System Enhancement Project” (NaLISEP) is a continuation of a long-term collaboration with the MLHUD and the World Bank. From 2010 to 2013, IGN FI successfully completed a World Bank pilot project (DeSILISoR: design, supply, installation, implementation of the land information system and securing land records) aimed at securing land titles through the development of a tailored land information system for six pilot ministry zonal offices and the creation of the National Land Information Centre. The land information system was subsequently enhanced and deployed nationwide from 2015 to 2020 as part of the DeSINLISI project.
Link to the portal => UgNLIS
