Knight Frank Uganda MD Judy Rugasira providing a strategic assessment of Uganda’s real estate market, covering 2025 challenges, policy recalibration, and 2026 growth frontiers in oil, gas, and housing.
Navigating the Squeeze: Judy Rugasira, Managing Director of Knight Frank Uganda, provides a candid assessment of the 'perfect storm' facing the real estate sector, from aggressive taxation to the rise of speculative development.

Beyond the policy challenges, the interview explores a sector in the midst of a structural evolution, driven by shifting tenant behaviours and the rise of decentralised, convenience-led suburban retail. Addressing the rising tide of foreclosures and “speculative development,” the discussion highlights the urgent need for professional valuation standards and consistent urban enforcement to protect long-term asset value. Despite these pressures, the CEO maintains an outlook of “cautious optimism,” identifying resilient growth opportunities in oil and gas, student housing, and affordable residential segments for the year ahead.  As the year draws to a close, from your perspective as a CEO, how…

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.

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