Obbo (second-left), Kyozira (centre) with different representatives of PWDs during a multisectoral meeting on improving the food security situation at Hotel Africana on July 9, 2025
HABARI DAILY I Kampala, Uganda I Fraud and forgery of titles, which has been rampant in the country are likely to become a thing of the past, following the adoption of block
chain technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The Government through the ministry of lands ministry, will use this system to help it identify areas where there are human errors and where deliberate changes have been.
According to Dennis Obbo, the ministry spokesperson, AI will not only tell, but will link up information of landowners with the parcels.
“So, any one coming to change it will automatically be blocked and it won’t take place,” he noted.
Obbo further explained that under AI, once an individual has submitted their identity card and their piece of land has been checked and confirmed, no one will be able to change its ownership with another name without going through the proper procedures and clearances.
“This technology will help us clean the register book,” he said. “We have streamlined the land registration process for special interest groups such as PWDs, by reducing the steps from 27 to four,” said Obbo.
He said that this includes mobilisation and sensitisation, data collection, processing and title issuance.”
To support PWDs, Obbo said, the Government will heavily subsidise surveying and title processing costs, which would otherwise range
from sh8m to sh12m.
“PWDs will only pay sh85,000 for a freehold title,” he said while representing the lands ministry permanent secretary, Dorcas Okalany. This was during a multi-sectoral meeting on improving the food security situation for persons with disabilities (PWDs) at Hotel Africana recently.
During the meeting, stakeholders from Parliament and ministries of lands, gender, agriculture and local government, discussed issues regarding inclusive food security for PWDs, sexual exploitation and the rampant land grabbing.
The 2024 census indicates that 5.5 million (13.2%) out of the 45.9 Ugandans, are PWDs.
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