Uganda allocates six more acres to UN service centre
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Eagle
Uganda’s government has allocated six additional acres to the United Nations Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, which already has 20 acres, to allow it to expand its operations. Information Minister Justine Kasule Lumumba announced the decision at a press briefing on Tuesday, saying the centre would be able to handle more UN services.
The Ugandan government has approved the allocation of six additional acres to the United Nations Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, Information and National Guidance Minister Justine Kasule Lumumba announced on Tuesday. The land will be transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture to allow the centre to expand its operations, after it occupied its existing 20 acres.
The centre, which opened in 2010, provides financial, administrative, logistics, information technology and human resources management services to UN operations. On 1 July 2026, it took over several support functions previously handled by the United Nations Joint Support Office in Kuwait.
According to figures presented to the cabinet, the centre’s staff expenditure injects about $40 million a year into the local economy, in addition to $33 million in contracts awarded to local suppliers. The centre is also expected to become the UN’s largest ticketing office, processing about 250 tickets each day.
Uganda has offered to host more UN services in Entebbe since President Yoweri Museveni made the offer to the UN secretary-general in June 2025. He responded favourably in a letter dated 15 July 2026, according to Lumumba. The centre’s expansion is part of a reorganisation of UN operations intended to reduce costs and make better use of its resources. The Ugandan army also began training a UN guard unit in September.
