Buganda Real Estates and Homes Expo 2012 Officially Opened
The minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development in the Central
Government, Daudi Migereko has praised the Kingdom for organizing the
real estates and home Expo every year. While officially opening this
year’s real estate and homes expo at Bulange, Mengo, the minister
described the expo as an opportunity for his ministry to reach out the
people and help to clarify on a number of issues regarding land and
urban development.
This is the 3rd real estate and homes expo organized by the Kingdom
through Buganda Land Board to present an opportunity where the public
interacts with property developers, valuers, land planners, real estate
agents, financing institutions and government institutions. The Expo
will run under the theme “A step towards professionalism in real estate
development and management”.
The minister noted that so many people are ignorant that even private
land is part and parcel to government planning. He therefore emphasized
that people need to understand that government has to be involved in the
planning of activities on private land in order to have activities that
follow a defined plan. He cited the need for planed and organized
settlements in order to meet international standards like in China which
has a very large population but well planned settlements which present
good life styles to the people of China. Migereko at the CBS Stall being
explained by Meddie Nsereko of CBS Radio.
He called for good working relations between the private sector and the
central government to identify the leading cause of problems on land and
be able to come up a clear plan and solution to these problems.
Migereko expressed concerned over the growing population coupled with a
high rate of urbanization where everyone wants to own a piece of land to
construct a home. He said that this is a very big problem since land is
fixed and cannot be expanded to accommodate the expanding population.
He observed that building big houses is no longer sustainable in Uganda
due to the high demand for land by the expanding population.
The minister furthermore called for liaison between people who own big
land, with those with enterprise and those with money in order to come
up with considerable development on it.
He called for the development the real estate company to solve the
burning need for modern housing around the city and advised stakeholders
to migrate from one man one, woman enterprise to joint enterprises in
order to have credible and meaningful business enterprises.
The minister also observed the need to boost the local manufacturers of
building materials like cement, sheets, Mable glass among others so that
they can be produced here in plenty since all the raw materials are
readily available which he said will help to reduce on their costs to
the locals.
He called for commercial agriculture on big pieces of land where enough
food for consumption and export can be produced.
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The 1st deputy Katikkiro Amb. Emmanule L Ssendawula has commended the
central government for the its support extended to the Kingdom through
the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development but also Buganda
Land Board that has consistently played a key role in facilitating the
real estates and homes expo every year. Buganda's Minister Israel
Mayengo admiring some of the materials exhibited by a group from
Mombasa.
Ssendawula who was speaking during the opening of the 3rd annual real
estate and homes expo at Bulange, Mengo on Thursday said that the event
is very important to everybody in Buganda especially to tenants on
Kabaka’s land as it presents various opportunities in relation to real
estate development, survey and mapping, physical planning, legal issues
among others. The 1st deputy Katikkiro furthermore commended Buganda
Land Board which has promoted regulations of tenancy through
registration and leasing and for coming up with various initiatives
encouraging sustainable developments and investments for better living
through planned settlement.
He explained that the board has also moved a step further in maximizing
land utilization by setting up value addition projects/developments such
as Muganzirwazza Commercial Centre; building strategic partnerships
with financial institutions and land developers. He stressed that all
these projects are very crucial in generating income that helps the
Kingdom of Buganda uplift the social wellbeing of the people in Buganda
in particular and Uganda at large through promotion of Health, Education
and Agriculture, to mention but a few. Ssendawula explained further
that Buganda Land Board has a comprehensive plan to set up satellite
cities to help in decongestion and substantially reduce on environmental
degradation of wetland and forests which has become a common phenomenal
especially in urban areas of the Kingdom of Buganda which he said is
one of the reasons why the Kingdom of Buganda has persistently kept on
demanding for the return of Ebyaffe, including
the 1500 square miles of wetlands and forests. He therefore
emphasized that the Kingdom of Buganda will not relent on its legitimate
demand for “Ebyaffe”, including 9000 square miles, the said1500 above,
and the land for each of the sub –counties and Counties. He however
requested Buganda Land Board to consider setting up gazetted land out of
the 350 square miles in the meantime to foster protection of endangered
plant or species such as spear-grass (Essenke), medicinal plants and
other natural species of cultural value. He cited that currently the
Kingdom faces a very big challenge of the scarcity of essenke for the
restoration of Amasiro at Wamala and Kasubi. But if a piece of land
where such cultural species can be grown it would help to solve this
problem. Ssendawula stressed that the Expo is free of entry to all
members of the public and it is in agreement with the Kingdom’s policy
of encouraging the people of Buganda not to sell
their land, but add value and develop it. This exhibition is geared
towards achieving this: teaching the people on how to develop their
land. He thanked the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
for maintaining such good working relationship with the Kingdom and all
the sponsors, more so the key partners in this year’s exhibition;
namely, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, CBS radio,
Alarm Group and National Housing Corporation among others.
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