This profile is a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the structure and functioning of Uganda's urban housing sector.It discloses its strenghts and weakneses and at the same time makes suggestions on directions for policy intervention.
Strategic Urban Development Plan for Masaka Municipality
Masaka Strategic Urban Development Plan has been prepared by the UN-HABITAT in collaboration with the Municipality of Masaka. It is one in a series of six plans developed under phase I of the UN-HABITAT Urban Planning programme in the Lake Victoria region. UN-HABITAT has supported this initiative with two main objectives:
a) to provide an up-todate spatial framework to guide its various programmes in a number of secondary towns in the Lake Victoria region - all geared towards promoting environmental sustainability and poverty reduction
b) to demonstrate the strength of participatory approaches in making urban planning more inclusive and effective.
This objective is underpinned by Focus Area 2 of the UN-HABITAT Medium Term Strategic and Institutional Plan (2008-11), which emphasizes promoting participatory planning, management and governance as an integral part in its mission to achieve sustainable urbanization around the world.
This guide has been written as an information resource for government officials, community leaders, humanitarian aid workers, judges, lawyers and others whose responsibilities include upholding land and property rights in Uganda.
It outlines the main provisions of Uganda’s constitutional and legal framework and the protection these provide to property rights. It briefly outlines the historical background to existing land tenure relations, describes the constitutional provisions relating to land in the 1995 Constitution and sets out the main provisions of the Land Act 1998.
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