Dr. Moses Musinguzi, PhD

Research Interest: GIS, Professional practice, Research methods.

Dr. Moses Musinguzi is an Associate Professor of Geomatics and Land Management and  a registered/licenced Land Surveyor with over 20 years’ practical experience in Land Administration and Geographical / Land Information Systems working as a Researcher, Consultant and Educationist.

He possesses a PhD in Geo-informatics undertaken as a sandwich between Uppsala University in Sweden and Makerere University in Uganda(2004-2007), a Masters Degree in Geographical Information Systems from Nottingham University in the UK (1995-1996) and a Bachelors Degree in Surveying from Makerere University (1990-94)

Dr. Musinguzi has participated in Practical Land Administration processes in Uganda including developing guidelines and technical specifications for systematic land adjudication / demarcation, providing input into the Urban Policy and Land Policy. He is a member of Land Information System working group, Systematic Land Adjudication and Demarcation working group and Law reform working group of the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development.  He also played a key role in piloting certification of customary land in Uganda using fir-for-purpose land administration concepts.

 He is currently, the Principal, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, his a former Dean of the School of the Built Environment at Makerere University and serves as a member of the University Contracts Committee, Senate Academic Policies and Appeals Committee and Senate Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee. Furthermore, he has supervised Masters and PhD students in Land Administration at Makerere University in Uganda, KTH in Sweden and Technical University of Munich in Germany.

1. Mabikke, S., Musinguzi, M., Antonio, D., & Sylla, O. (2017, March). Land tenure and its impact s on food security in Uganda: Empirical evidence from ten districts. In World Bank Conference on land and poverty in Washington DC. Link
2. de Vries, W. T., Groenendijk, L. I. Z. A., Musinguzi, M. O. S. E. S., & Selebalo, C. Y. P. R. I. A. N. (2016, March). Developing capacity assessment tool for land policy implementation: experience from Kenya: Mozambique and Uganda. In Annual World Bank conference on land and poverty. Scaling up responsible land governance. Washington, DC, USA. Link
3. Musinguzi, M. (2011). A Tree Model for Diffusion of Spatial Data Infrastructures in Developing Countries. In Second International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology. Link
4. Wabineno, L. M., Musinguzi, M., & Ekback, P. (2011). Land Information Management in Uganda: Current Status. In The First Conference on Advances in Geomatics Research; Gidudu, A., Otukei, JR, Musinguzi, M., Eds (pp. 211-223). Link

1. Musinguzi, M., Huber, T., Kirumira, D., & Drate, P. (2021). Assessment of the land inventory approach for securing tenure of lawful and bona fide occupants on private Mailo land in Uganda. Land Use Policy, 110, 104562. Link
2. Makabayi, B., Musinguzi, M., & Otukei, J. R. (2021). Estimation of Ground Deformation in Landslide Prone Areas Using GPS: A Case Study of Bududa, Uganda. International Journal of Geosciences, 12(03), 213. Link
3. Musinguzi, M., Enemark, S., & Mwesigye, S. P. (2021). Fit for Purpose Land Administration: Country Implementation Strategy for Addressing Uganda’s Land Tenure Security Problems. Land, 10(6), 629. Link
4. Bamweyana, I., Musinguzi, M., & Kayondo, L. M. (2021). Evaluation of CHIRPS Satellite Gridded Dataset as an Alternative Rainfall Estimate for Localized Modelling over Uganda. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 11(4), 797-811. Link
5. Musinguzi, M., Enemark, S., & Mwesigye, S. P. (2021). Fit for Purpose Land Administration: Country Implementation Strategy for Addressing Uganda’s Land Tenure Security Problems. Land, 10(6), 629. Link
6. Makabayi, B., Musinguzi, M., & Otukei, J. R. (2021). Estimation of Ground Vertical Displacement in Landslide Prone Areas Using PS-InSAR. A Case Study of Bududa, Uganda. International Journal of Geosciences, 12(04), 347. Link
7. Musinguzi, M., Enemark, S., Kabanda, N., Antonio, D., & Mwesigye, S. P. (2020). PROVIDNG SECURE TENURE FOR ALL: A Country Implementation Strategy for Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration. The case of Uganda. African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 3(1), 213-225. Link
8. Musinguzi, M., & Enemark, S. (2019). A fit-for-purpose approach to land administration in Africa: Supporting the global agenda. International Journal of Technoscience and Development, 4(2019), 69-89. Link
9. Musinguzi, M., Enemark, S., & Mwesigye, S. P. (2018). Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration Country Implementation Strategy: Republic of Uganda. Link
10. Kitutu, J., Kayondo, L. M., & Musinguzi, M. (2018). Situation analysis of healthcare service delivery using geographically weighted regression:(A case study of Sironko District, Eastern Uganda). South African Journal of Geomatics, 7(1), 75-89. Link
11. Makabayi, B., & Musinguzi, M. (2015). To What Extent Have the Existing Land Tenure Systems Affected Urban Land Development?. LinK
12. Musinguzi, M., & Asiimwe, I. (2014). Application of geospatial tools for landslide hazard assessment for Uganda. South African Journal of Geomatics, 3(3), 302-314. Link
13. Turyahabwe, N., Kakuru, W., Mwesigye Tumusiime, D., Musinguzi, M., & Barasa, B. (2013). Wetland use/cover changes in Uganda from 1986-2011. Policy brief; no. 03/2013. Link
14. Musinguzi, M., Tickodri-Togboa, S. S., & Bax, G. (2012). GIS Data interoperability in uganda. International journal of spatial data infrastructures research, 7, 488-507. Link
15. Lwasa, S., Kansiime, F., Musinguzi, M., Gidudu, A., & Jane Bemigisha, I. F. S. (2012). Geospatial Information and Sustainable development in Africa. Link
16. Musinguzi, M., Bax, G., & Tickodri-Togboa, S. S. (2004). Opportunities and challenges for SDI development in developing countries–a case study of Uganda. Geoinformatics, 789-796. Link