More Than 80 Entebbe Taxi Drivers Acquire Land Through Collective Savings Scheme

What the report says

More than 80 taxi drivers in the Entebbe Fly Express Travelers Association have acquired land titles after participating in a collective savings scheme, according to Nile Post. The drivers used pooled annual savings to buy plots in Namayumba, Wakiso District, as part of an initiative launched last year to encourage saving and help members build long-term assets.

The association said members were allowed to take their savings in cash or reinvest them in land at the end of the cycle. Those who chose land received individual titles for 50-by-100-foot plots during a visit to the estate, where they inspected their properties. Association chairperson Peter Kaggwa said the programme showed what could be achieved through discipline and group effort.

Beneficiaries described the development as life-changing, saying land ownership had previously seemed out of reach and that the scheme helped them avoid borrowing from money lenders. Entebbe Municipality MP Shyaka Stephen Gashaija and Mayor Fabrice Rulinda handed over the titles and urged the drivers to protect and develop the land. Rulinda also encouraged other taxi groups to form savings and credit cooperatives, while praising the association’s transparency and accountability.

The case offers a broader example of how cooperative saving can help transport workers convert regular earnings into productive assets. While this report focuses on one association in Entebbe, similar savings groups are common in Uganda’s informal and transport sectors.