All over the world, countries have their precious jewels that they keep as heritage and people visit them for a variety of reasons which are historical, social, anthropological, cultural and political. These hold a country's history of the various generations and transformation thus providing the future generation with a solid background of their origin and evolutions in all the centuries. Heritages portray ancestral knowledge of who they were, what they did, what they knew, what they valued and how they lived thereby creating backward and forward linkages of generations (Freedom Park) there by acting as finger prints. The world heritage sites in Uganda include Kasubi tombs, Bwindi impenetrable National Park, and Rwenzori Mountains, Bigo bya Mugyenyi which is an archeological site, Ntusi man made mounds and basin, Kibiro salt producing village, Nyero rock paintings and other rock sites, Ngahinga Gorilla National park. Heritage in Uganda portraying beautiful collage of cultural diversity can be found across the 65ethnic groups with unique cultures reflected in languages, indigenous knowledge and skills, crafts and creative and performing arts. Ndoro, W., and Pwiti, G. (2009). These urban heritages therefore ought to be conserved for future generation. Urban Conservation of heritage sites is the action taken on to retain these sites or places in the urban setting despite of the rapid urbanization and adoption of modern architectural designs of building typologies.

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