REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development

PROMOTING TERRITORIAL CONNECTIVITY
THROUGH NATIONAL SPATIAL PLANNING
By Mr. Vincent B. Byendaimirabyendaimira@gmail.com

https://mlhud.go.ug/+256772447262

Plot 13/15 Century House, Parliament Avenue, Kampala - UGANDA.

November /2023

Outline
1 General Introduction

2 Overview of Uganda’s National Physical Development
Plan (NPDP)
3 Territorial Connectivity through the NPDP
4 Uganda’s strategic connectivity in the East AfricanRegion blockUGANDA›Total surface area(241,555sqkm)›Current Population
45 m.

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Annual Population
Growth rate 3.2%

›Population living
in Urban Areas –30%›

Annual Urban
Population GrowthRate – 5.3%

NATIONAL PDP

Legal Framework› S.18 of the Physical Planning Act
2010 provides for a hierarchy ofPhysical Development Plans

REGIONAL PDP

DISTRICTURBAN PDPLOCAL PDP

Overview of Uganda’s 1stNational Spatial Plan

› Approved by Cabinet on
14th November 2022
› Emphasises Sustainableurbanization as a strategy
for accommodating
growing population while
freeing land foragriculture›

The National Physical DevelopmentPlan provides the Spatial Framework
required to guide government’s
aspirations of vision 2040 through ten
5 year National Development Plans(NDP)›We are currently Implementing the 3rd
National Development Plan (NDP III)› As government prepares for NDP IV
all Sector plans will be required tocomply with the strategic proposition ofthe NPDP as part of its implementation

Territorial Connectivity through the NPDP

Two main relevant objectives
1) Maximizing Regional Balance and Equity(Maximum dispersion of urban growth andmaximum equality between sub-regions)
2) Maximizing the National Connectivity andInfrastructure provision

Maximizing Regional Balance and Equity
Strategies
i. Strategic polycentric cities (10 cities alreadyoperational)ii. Infrastructure linking all the regional(Express ways, regional highways etc.

cities… Infrastructure networks connecting &servicing the cities andother settlements & land uses

GOU Interventions on thisObjective:
i. Preparation of City PhysicalDevelopment
Plans(3approved)ii. UpgradingofCity
Infrastructure with support
from development partners(World Bank, EU, JICA, AfDB)Maximizing the National Connectivity andInfrastructure provision
Strategies
i. Emphasis on Efficient Public Transportation in urban areas.
ii. Establishment and construction of the National Expressway
system & infrastructure corridors (roads, rail, utilities …)
iii.Operationalization of Airports, both international andregional as well as airfields for domestic freights
iv.Inland Water Transport and construction of inland ports
and harbor facilities
v. Making Water accessible to Households and for Agriculture
vi.Improvement and expansion of ICT sector.

Vision 2040

NPDP 2022-2040

EDMP – up to 2070
(Expressway Development Masterplan)

Shared infrastructure Corridor, Pilot
study on the Eastern arm from
Kampala – boarder with Kenya

The NPDP recommends corridors ofinfrastructurenetwork(includingtransport and utilities) which is basedon the appropriate preservation of rightof way along the major express way.

• Jinja-Kampala Expressway• Busega-Mpigi expressway• Kampala-Bombo Expressway
Implementation of the EDMP Phase-1 ( 2022-2030)

Kabalega International airport

Uganda’s strategic connectivity in the East
African Region block
Northern Economic Corridor
Development strategy› Linking Production centres throughsecondary city development›

Connecting industrial areas withlogistics hubs›

Modal shift from truck to railwayand pipeline

FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY