Urban Authorities Association of Uganda (UAAU)

The Urban Authorities Association of Uganda is the national umbrella body for Uganda’s urban local
governments, established in 1959 by four municipalities — Kampala, Jinja, Mbale and Masaka — and
since formalised as a company limited by guarantee in 2008 and registered as an NGO in 2014. Its
membership has grown with Uganda’s urbanisation and decentralisation to 11 city authorities, 25
city divisions, 31 municipalities, 91 municipal divisions and 587 town councils, with its secretariat in
Kampala. UAAU represents its members’ collective interests to central government — on public
finance management regulations and local government staffing, among others — and convenes an
annual general assembly.