The challenge of housing in Uganda

Dilapidated houses at Naguru housing estate. Tenants have refused to vacate the estate for redevelopment

By Paul Busharizi
THIS week the High Court threw out a petition by Naguru housing estate tenants to block their eviction by the Government. The Government has offered the area to developers planning a satellite city on the more than 150 acres of prime land. It is claimed that there are 100,000 residents of the area.

Related to this issue is the often bundied-around number that there is at a least a 50,000 house deficit in Kampala alone. To put this in perspective, this is the equivalent of about 60 housing estates the size of Bugolobi flats.Read More