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CEDP Builds Capacity of Community Groups Living Around National Parks

Private Sector Foundation of Uganda under the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) engaged Uganda National Apiculture Development Organization (TUNADO) and Uganda Community Tourism Association (UCOTA) to provide capacity building services and also provide light equipment and tools to various community groups living around Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The objective

Land Registry Moves to Embrace Computerisation

The Uganda National Land Information System (UgNLIS) was set up in March 2013 to digitise land titling, registration and mapping after the Government of Uganda secured a World Bank loan of $65m (about sh246b). It was initially rolled out under the Second Private Sector Competitiveness Project (PSCPII) and later the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project

New Land System to Lead to Improved Service Delivery

The Uganda National Land Information System (UgNLIS), that was established in 2013 and aims to improve land management procedures for both government agencies and the public, is already streamlining the land administration process, promoting transparency and accountability in the land sector. Currently, it is considered as the most modern and comprehensive land information system in

Land Processing Has Moved from A Manual Orientation to A Computer-Based Environment

In an effort to fight forgery of titles and fraudulent land registration, the ministry of lands has imposed restrictions on access to the land registry that covers its staff as well as the public. Johnson Mukaga, the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) coordinator at the ministry headquarters in Kampala, says the restrictions were placed