🇺🇬Legal & Taxes in Uganda
Transfer duties, capital gains, stamp duty, foreign-ownership rules.
Country-specific legal & taxes guide for Uganda is in editorial review
Our verified property lawyers, licensed agents and on-the-ground developers are finalising the Uganda chapter of our legal & taxes playbook. Until it ships, here's the next best thing: the pan-African master guide on legal & taxes, plus the most relevant country-specific reads we already have for Uganda.
Other Uganda guides we've published
To verify a Uganda land title in 2026, begin with documentary checks at the Ministry of Lands and the District Land Office, confirm registration details and encumbrances with the Land Registry and Uga
Uganda has 4 land tenures dating to the 1900 Buganda Agreement: mailo (with built-in kibanja tenant rights), freehold, leasehold (max 99 years), and customary. Knowing which you're buying is non-negotiable.