On January 3, 2020, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Develop-ment, Hon. Persis Namuganza, notified the public that the Wakiso Ministry Zonal Office, Surveys and Mapping, Land Registry and Land Administration (MZO) offices will be closed from January 4, 2020 to January 21, 2020. According to the Minister, the closure is aimed at enabling the completion of the Land Information Systems (LIS) upgrade and the on-job training of the staff of the Wakiso MZO.
On re-opening after January 21, 2020, the notification indicates that the Wakiso MZO will operate at two locations—that is, at (i) Wakiso-Busiro offices based at the new constructed building next to Police; and (ii) Wakiso-Kyadondo offices based at the current MZO location.
The implications of the temporary closure of the Wakiso MZO on the 394,000 Mailo, freehold and leasehold land titles in Busiro and Kyadondo that will be affected are that:
(a) the Wakiso Zonal Officer shall not register any transactions;
(b) the Wakiso MZO shall not generate deed plans since cartographic and survey operations have been halted;
(c) any instruments registered during the closure are not authentic.
This is therefore to advise our esteemed clients that transactions shall be halted during the period as notified and shall resume once the Wakiso MZO has been re-opened at the indicated locations after January 21, 2020.
Disclaimer: No information contained in this alert should be construed as legal advice from ALP East Africa or ALP Advocates or the individual authors, nor is it intended to be a substitute for legal counsel on any subject matter.
For additional information in relation to this alert, please contact the following:
- Ann Namara Musinguzi anamara@alp-ea.com
- Lucy Suky lsuky@alp-ea.com
ALP Advocates, Lotis Towers, 5th floor, Plot 16 Mackinnon Rd, P.O. Box 28611 Kampala.
Tel: +256 414 671 997. E-mail: info@alp-ea.com
