TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................... .i
DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................ iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................ v
LIST OF STATUTES .................................................................................................................. vi
LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................. vii
CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................................... !
1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. !
1.2 Background to the Study ............................................................................................ 2
1.3 Statement of the Problem ............................................................................................ 8
1.4 Scope of the Study ...................................................................................................... 9
1.5 Definition of Key Terms ............................................................................................. 9
1.6 Objectives of the Study ............................................................................................... 9
I. 7 Literature Review ..................................................................................................... ! 0
1.8 Hypothesis ................................................................................................................ 14
1.9 Justification ............................................................................................................... 15
1.1 0 Chapterization ........................................................................................................... 15
1.11 Research Methodology ............................................................................................. 17
1.12 Anticipated Constraints and Ethical Considerations ................................................ 17
CHAPTER TW0 ...................................................................................................................... 18
POLICY AND LAWS ON IDPS AND LAND IN UGANDA ............................................... 18
2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... l8
2.2 THE POVERTY ERADICATION ACTION PLAN ............................................... 19
2.3 THE LAND SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN ............................................................ 21
2.4 THE DRAFT NATIONAL LAND POLICY ........................................................... 23
2.5 THE NATIONAL POLICY FOR IDPS ................................................................... 27
2.5.1 Resources and Capacity at National and District Level ........................................... 27
2.5.2 Integration with District Operations ......................................................................... 28
2.5.3 Collaboration with Central Government .................................................................. 29
2.5.4 Policy without Legislation is Ineffective .................................................................. 29
2.5.5 Long term Solutions and Compensation ................................................................... 30
2.6 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, 1995 ....................... 30
2.7 THE LAND ACT CAP 227 AMENDED BY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2004 ......... 33
2.8 DECENTRALIZATION OF LAND ........................................................................ 37
CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................. 39
INEFFICIENCY ON EXISTING LAND LAWS .................................................................. 39
3.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 39
3.2 LAND MATTERS IN DISPLACEMENT ............................................................... 39
3.2.1 Land Ownership ........................................................................................................ 39
3.2.2 Loss of Land ............................................................................................................. 40
3.2.3 Land Administration ................................................................................................. 42
3.2.4 Dispute Resolution .................................................................................................... 42
3.2.5 Displacement and Retum .......................................................................................... 43
3.3 THE RESETTLEMENT OF LANDLESS IDPS IN UGANDA .............................. 43
3.3.1 Loss of Land ............................................................................................................. 45
3.3.2 The IDP Policy ........................................................................................................ .45
3.4 TRADITIONAL LAND ADMINISTRATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE LAND
ACT AND MANAGEMENT OF CPRs IN UGANDA .......................................... .47
3.4.1 Ownership and Management of CPRs ..................................................................... .47
3.4.2 Land Administration ................................................................................................. 49
3.4.3 The Law vis-a-vis Land Policy ................................................................................ ,50
3.4.4 IDPs Returns and Resettlement .................................. , ............................................. 50
3.5 THE SOCIAL PROFILE OF THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE LIVES OF
IDPS .......................................................................................................................... 51
3.5.1 Land Ownership ........................................................................................................ 5l
3.5.2 Loss of Land ............................................................................................. , ............... 52
3.5.3 Land Administration and Women's Rights .................................................... ., ........ 53
CHAPTER FOUR ...................................................................................... , ............................. 56
4.0 EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM COUNTRIES FACING SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN
4.1
4.2
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4
4.2.5
4.2.6
0 4.3
RESOLVING THE LAND CRISIS IN POST CONFLICT NORTHERN UGANDA56
INTRODUCTION , ................................................................................................... 56
KEYS ISSUES AND LESSONS LEARNT FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ......... 59
Formalization of Occupancy I Tenure ...................................................................... 60
The Context of the Conflict ...................................................................................... 61
The Political Nature of Land Policy in Weak States ................................................ 62
Restitution and Compensation .................................................................................. 63
Management of Disputes and Claims ....................................................................... 65
The Political Sustainability of Inequity .................................................................... 67
CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................... 68
CHAPTER FIVE ...................................................................................................................... 70
5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POST CONFLICT LAND POLICY
DURING THE RESSETTLMENT OF IDPS IN UGANDA AND SEARCH
FOR VIABLE LAW ............................................................................................... 70
5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 70
5.2 Problems to be addressed .......................................................................................... 70
5 .2.1 Awareness on Land Rights ....................................................................................... 71
5.2.2 Land Administration and Dispute Resolution .......................................................... 71
5 .2.3 Tilting the Codification ............................................................................................. 72
5 .2.4 Loss of Land ............................................................................................................. 73
5.3 ISSUES TO ADDRESS IN LAND AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION .................. 73
5.3.1 Security of Tenure .................................................................................................... 74
5.3.2 Access to Land and Lack thereof.. ............................................................................ 77
5.3 .3 Distribution of Land ................................................................................................. 78
5.4 GENERAL CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... 80
BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 82
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