Write your will the way the law requires, without hiring a lawyer.
Torrid Petric walks you through every part of a Ugandan will, drafts the full document, and guides you through signing it correctly with your witnesses. Then it seals it — so any copy you hand out can be traced back here and confirmed as yours.
Authenticity seal
Last Will and Testament
Version 3 · Executed · signed copy attached
Be clear about what a seal does and does not do: it proves where a document came from. It does not make a will valid. Legal validity comes from the signatures required by section 47 — yours, and those of at least two witnesses who sign and write their name and address on every page.
From blank page to signed will
Four steps, and the app carries the drafting
You are never asked to know what a will should say. The workspace holds the structure and prompts you for the facts only you have.
Open the Will & Estate workspace
Answer guided questions about you, your family, what you own, who should receive what, and who will carry out your wishes.
The system drafts the full will
Every section is assembled and readable before you print — including the witness and attestation block the Act requires.
Print, then sign it properly
You and your witnesses sign every page in each other’s presence. The witness fields capture the name, address and occupation the attestation needs.
Attach the signed copy and seal it
Upload the signed and witnessed copy to mark your will Executed, then seal it with its QR authenticity code so any copy can be traced and verified.
Trust, built into the document
Nobody can quietly change your will
The fears people bring to wills are specific: the document going missing, a page being swapped, a relative rewriting it, or nobody believing a copy is real. Each of those is answered by something in the system.
Unique QR authenticity seal
Each will carries a seal minted for that record, pointing to a public verification page. Scanning it shows the document it belongs to and logs the scan, so you can see when a copy was checked.
Biometric confirmation
Amendments to your will — and the action that seals it — require you to confirm with your face or fingerprint through your device, or your password as a fallback. A borrowed session is not enough to change your will.
Version history you can monitor
Every amendment is a numbered version with its own change log. Superseded versions stay visible and read-only, so nothing quietly disappears from your record.
Share only with whom you choose
Your will is private by default. You decide who receives a copy: share a link to a single document with the people you trust, rather than mailing the will around.
Traceable back to this app
The seal is cryptographically signed by this app, so a forged code fails verification outright. A stranger holding the document can establish where it came from without asking you.
Held privately in your account
Your will, its attachments, and its version history live inside your Torrid Petric account and are readable only by you and the platform administrators who maintain the system.
Be clear about what a seal does and does not do: it proves where a document came from. It does not make a will valid. Legal validity comes from the signatures required by section 47 — yours, and those of at least two witnesses who sign and write their name and address on every page.
What the law actually says
You are not guessing at the requirements
A will in Uganda is valid when it meets the signing formalities in section 47 of the Succession Act. Here is the provision itself, quoted, so you can see exactly what the app is drafting towards.
“the testator or testatrix shall sign or affix his or her mark to the will, or it shall be signed by some other person in his or her presence and by his or her direction”
You sign the will yourself (or someone signs it for you, in front of you, on your instruction).
“the signature or mark of the testator or testatrix or the signature of the person signing for him or her shall be so placed that it shall appear that it was intended thereby to give effect to the writing as a will”
Your signature has to sit where it plainly shows you intended the document to be your will — not tucked away in the middle of a page.
“the will shall be attested by two or more witnesses, each of whom must have seen the testator or testatrix sign or affix his or her mark to the will ... and each of the witnesses must in the presence of the testator or testatrix, sign and write his or her name and address on every page of the will except that it shall not be necessary that more than one witness be present at the same time”
Two or more witnesses must see you sign, and each of them must sign and write their name and address on every page of the will. The witnesses do not have to be lawyers or officials — they are people you choose.
You do not have to hire a lawyer
The Succession Act sets out exactly who must sign a will and how. It requires your signature and the attestation of two or more witnesses — it does not require an advocate, an LC chairperson, or a relative to be present or to sign. BarefootLaw, a Ugandan legal-aid organisation, confirms this in its published FAQs on writing wills in Uganda: asked whether a will is valid if it is not signed by a lawyer, LC chairperson or relative, its answer is yes, because the law requires the signatures of the testator and two witnesses of his or her choosing.
BarefootLaw — Frequently Asked Questions on Writing Wills in UgandaTorrid Petric Legacy Enterprises Ltd provides software for drafting and storing wills. This page explains the signing requirements of the Succession Act, section 47; it is not legal advice and no lawyer–client relationship is created by using the app. For complex estates, cross-border assets, or likely disputes, consult an advocate in Uganda.
One product, on its own
Subscribe to Will & Estate alone
This is not a bundle you have to take the whole system to get. Enrol for Will & Estate on its own, using the same configured pricing the feature carries inside a full personal account — nothing is marked up for standing alone.
- Guided to the standard, not left to guesswork
- Change it whenever life changes
- A copy that proves it is yours
Will & Estate
StandaloneMonthly
UGX 35,000
350 points
Annual
UGX 350,000
4,217 points
5 Years
UGX 1,137,500
17,500 points
Your selection is confirmed with a full charge breakdown, tier savings and payment options before anything is submitted. Longer terms (3, 5 and 10+ years, and lifetime) carry additional tier savings in the enrolment form.
Enrol for Will & EstateEnrolment is reviewed and activated by the platform before your workspace unlocks.
Questions people ask before they start
No. Section 47(1) of the Succession Act requires your signature as testator and the attestation of two or more witnesses. It does not require an advocate or any official to be present. Where an estate is complex, contested, or involves dependants outside your immediate family, an advocate’s advice is still worth taking.
Your family should not have to guess what you wanted
Put it in writing, sign it properly, and leave behind something that can be verified. You can start now and finish in one sitting.