LDC Publishers

The Mandate, Aim and Objectives of LDC Publishers

Publishers as a Section of the LDC, draws its mandate from the LDC Act (CAP 132).
Its main objective is to assist in the fulfillment of one of the statutory functions of the Centre which includes; Publishing periodicals, bulletins, digests or other written material concerned with legal and related matters for use by law students, members of the legal profession and the general public.
LDC Publishers mainly complements the Department of Law Reporting and Research to publish Law reports, re-prints of Acts of Parliament and other Legal Publications necessary for the curriculum of the institution and the general public.

In addition, as the In-plant printer of LDC, the section also produces educational, administrative and marketing material for LDC to aid in the daily running of the Centre.

Vision of LDC Publishers

To be the leading publishers and information resource of legal and other publications in Uganda.

Mission of LDC Publishers

“To provide continuous updated legal information for Justice, Law and Order to prevail in Uganda.”

Values of LDC Publishers

Our values build the foundation that drives every decision and action we make and influence how we treat each other and our stakeholders.

• – Integrity
• – Consistency
• – Professionalism
• – Client-centeredness
• – Accountability
• – Progressiveness
• – Excellence

Publishing | Print Production | Book Sale and Distribution

At present, the LDC Publishers’ business model is based on the successful cohesion of these three complementary business aspects, i.e., Publishing, Print Production and Distribution (Book shop).

Linkage to the LDC Strategic Objectives

The Law Development Centre (LDC) Strategic Plan 2020/21 – 2024/25 sets the strategic focus of the Centre.

The LDC Strategic Plan 2020/21 – 2024/25 contributes to the attainment of NDPIII Governance and Security Programme results, specifically, the third objective of this programme of: Strengthen people-centered delivery of security, justice, law and order services.

This Strategic Plan, in the medium-term, focuses on the following strategic objectives:

• Produce highly skilled and competent legal workforce;
• Enhance research, innovation and law reforms;
• Provide legal aid to the indigent, vulnerable and accused persons in society;
• Strengthen the capacity of LDC to execute its mandate.

Though LDC Publishers offers support, as a contribution, to all the other objectives, it is currently strategizing to contribute more to Objective 4.

At the micro level, tracking progress made, during the implementation of this Strategic Plan is guided by these BUSINESS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

1. To expand market share for legal publications by 50%.
2. To contribute to the revenue generation of LDC by 15%.
3. To improve on the production processes, and systems by 30%.
4. To build the capacity of the section and enable efficient sale and delivery of goods and services to the targeted customers.