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Uganda Real Estate & Housing Expo set for September 26-28

  Over 300 exhibitors, 5,000 attendees expected at the Uganda Real Estate & Housing Expo 2025 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first edition of the Uganda Real Estate & Housing Expo (UREHE) 2025, a new landmark event for the Ugandan real estate and housing sector, has been launched …

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Paul Okiring is new National Director for Habitat for Humanity Uganda

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Habitat for Humanity Uganda has announced that Paul Okiring is their new National Director, effective May 12, 2025. According to a statement, he brings over 14 years of experience in Uganda’s development and humanitarian sectors, including roles with Action for Community Development and the …

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Minister Otafiire orders police to resume construction of housing units

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal Affairs Minister Maj Gen Otafiire Kahinda has given the Uganda Police Force a three-month ultimatum to start constructing housing units for junior officers. The Housing Project was initially launched in 2016 by then Inspector General of Police Gen Edward Kale Kayihura with the construction of 10,000 housing units. The …

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UPDF’s 403 Brigade welcomes 60 new housing units

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Francis Takirwa, the Deputy Commander of Land Forces, has officially inaugurated 60 newly constructed housing units at the 403 Infantry Brigade headquarters located in Matany Sub-County, Napak District. These housing units, whose construction commenced on May 25, 2022, are part of a broader …

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Lands ministry considers skyrise housing development for ghetto settlements

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Land, Housing, and Urban Development in Uganda is considering vertical housing development in urban-slum areas to address the challenges posed by the increasing population. The Condominium Property Act of 2001 provides provisions for vertical housing development, particularly in urban centers. Persis Namuganza, …

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Minister Otafiire commissions 420 police housing units

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 420 out of the 1,020 police housing units at Naguru police headquarters have been commissioned by the Internal Affairs Minister, Maj Gen. Kahinda Otafiire. Despite this, Otafiire notes that Uganda Police Force needs over 40,000 housing units to cater for personnel living in disgraceful …

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Court case of poor police housing adjourned to 2023

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Steven Kalali has expressed dissatisfaction with the adjournment of his case, in which he sued the government over the sorry police housing facilities. It came after High Court Civil Division Registrar, Jamson Karemani adjourned the matter to January 12th, 2023 on grounds …

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