By Aggrey Baba
ICT and National Guidance Minister Justine Kasule Lumumba has announced that the government is preparing to reopen and re-demarcate Uganda’s international and district boundaries following Cabinet approval of a proposal by Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba, also Mityana District Woman MP.
Addressing the media at the Uganda Media Centre on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, Lumumba said the exercise would cover both Uganda’s territorial boundaries with neighboring countries and internal boundaries separating districts.
She explained that Cabinet had approved Nabakooba’s request to undertake the exercise, with government expected to rely on constitutional provisions and historical records to establish and verify the boundaries.
Lumumba identified the Second Schedule of the Constitution, which is referred to under Article 5, as one of the principal reference documents that will guide the exercise.
Government will also use colonial-era maps held by the Ministry of Lands, alongside historical records maintained in London by the former colonial authorities.
The exercise will therefore involve revisiting the historical documentation used to establish Uganda’s territorial limits as well as the boundaries separating its administrative units.
International boundaries determine Uganda’s territorial limits in relation to neighboring countries, while district boundaries establish the geographical jurisdictions within which local governments operate.
The decision places Nabakooba’s Ministry of Lands at the centre of an exercise that could reopen questions surrounding the historical demarcation of Uganda’s territory and internal administrative boundaries.
However, Lumumba did not disclose the specific international boundaries or districts that will be prioritized, the resources allocated to the exercise or the timetable for completing the work.
The Cabinet approval gives the Ministry of Lands the mandate to proceed with the proposed reopening and verification of Uganda’s international and district boundaries. (For comments on this story, get back to us on 0705579994 [WhatsApp line], 0779411734 & 041 4674611 or email us at mulengeranews@gmail.com).
