Who runs this site
The site is operated by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organisations, a department within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Contact details are on the contact page.
Information on this site
We work to keep the information on this site accurate and up to date. The site explains what the law requires; it does not replace the law itself. The authoritative text is the NGO Act 2016, the NGO (Amendment) Act 2024, and the regulations and statutory instruments made under them. Where the site appears to differ from those documents, the documents prevail.
The Bureau does not provide legal advice through this site. If you need legal advice on a specific matter, consult a qualified advocate.
What you may do
You may read every public page, download forms and publications for your own use, link to our pages from your own site, and quote short passages with attribution.
What you must not do
- Submit information that is false, misleading, or unlawful
- Use the site to harass, defame, or impersonate any person or organisation
- Attempt to bypass security controls or gain unauthorised access to any service
- Send automated traffic that disrupts the service for others
- Republish entire pages or branding in a way that suggests official endorsement
Forms and submissions
When you submit a form, you confirm that the information you provide is accurate to the best of your knowledge. The Bureau may verify any submission, request additional documentation, or refuse to act on a submission that appears false or incomplete. Knowingly making false statements may be an offence under the NGO Act 2016 or the Penal Code Act.
Intellectual property
Original content on this site is published by the NGO Bureau. The Coat of Arms and other national symbols are governed by the Coat-of-Arms (Control of Use) Act and may not be reproduced without authority. Forms, regulations, and statutory instruments belong to the Government of Uganda; you may download and use them for the purpose for which they were issued.
Links to other sites
Where we link to a third-party site, we do so to help you find related information. We do not control those sites and we are not responsible for their content or practices.
Availability
We work to keep the site available, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We may take the site down for maintenance, security work, or in response to incidents. Where we can, we publish notice of planned downtime in the news section.
Limitation of liability
The site is provided as-is. To the extent permitted by law, the Bureau is not liable for loss or damage arising from any inability to use the site, any reliance on information on the site that turns out to be inaccurate, or any third-party links accessed from the site.
Governing law
These terms and any matter arising from your use of the site are governed by the laws of Uganda. The courts of Uganda have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms when our services or the law changes. The date below shows the version in force.