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• Uganda has digitized land management system to ease transactions.
• Real estate stakeholders urged to align with the new digital system.
• Stakeholders cautioned to conduct due diligence along with use of the new system.

Authorities in Kampala have launched what they call as the Uganda National Land Information System (UgNLIS), a digital platform which the country’s Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is banking on to modernize management of the key resource.

According to an update from the ministry, the initiative seeks to eliminate inefficiencies in land management in the country. The ministry says that by digitizing land records, they will be able to enhance transparency and accessibility to vast array of land records.

“The system is a significant step toward transforming land services and boosting public trust…the UgNLIS manages spatially-referenced data for land registration, valuation, planning, and administration across Uganda,” reads the report in part.

“The digital system is …