6.3 Density Controls

The Kampala Structure Plan, 1994, gazetted on 31st December, 1996, proposed that there should be five different densities of residential area.

The prescription for high density housing areas was a minimum standard of services compatible with a habitable environment. This meant housing with communal service cores built within 50 metres of every dwelling with a maximum of 250 people served by one core with each core providing:

 16 toilets (maximum of 16 people per toilet);
 10 showers (maximum of 25 people per shower);
 4 taps; and,
 2 large washing slabs.

On account of insufficient funds this constituted a minimum rather than a desirable standard. Increase of densities is contingent upon further sub-division of large plots along with improved public utilities.