The Land Question in Uganda. Has The Law Failed to Resolve This Question?

TABLE OF CONTENT

Declaration .................................................................................................................................. i

Approval .................................................................................................................................... ii

Dedication ................................................................................................................................. iii

Acknowledge1nents ................................................................................................................... iv

List of Statutes ........................................................................................................................... v

List Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... vi

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1

1.1 Background of the Study ..................................................................................................... 1

1.2 The Statement of the Problem .............................................................................................. 3

1.3 Objectives of the study ......................................................................................................... 4

1.4 Research Questions .............................................................................................................. 4

1.5 The Scope of the Study ........................................................................................................ 4

1.6 Significance of the Study ..................................................................................................... 5

1.7 Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 5

CHAPTER TWO:REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE ........................................... 7

2.1 The Concept of Land, Ownership, Land Use and Administration ...................................... 7

2.2 Causes of Land Disputes and Evictions ............................................................................... 9

2.2.1 Causes of Land Disputes and Evictions in Different Countries ....................................... 9

2.2.2 The Causes of Land Disputes and Evictions in Uganda ................................................... 9

2.3 What has the Law Done to Address to the Problem of Dispute and Evictions? ................ 11

2.3. l The Land Refonn Process ............................................................................................... 11

2.3 .2 What has the law done to address the land Problem in Uganda ..................................... 12

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2.4 Different Land Tenure Systems ......................................................................................... 15

2.4.1 The Doctrine of the English Tenure and Estates ............................................................ 15

2.4.2 The Tenure System in Uganda ........................................................................................ 17

2.4.3 The Problems with the Tenure Systems in Uganda ........................................................ 21

2.4.4 Wo1nen and Land ............................................................................................................ 23

2.5 How the Land Problem can be Solved? ............................................................................. 25

2.5.1 What has other Countries Done Solve the Land Problem? ............................................. 25

2.5 .2 What has to be done in Uganda to solve the problem ? .................................................. 26

CHAPTER THREE: THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .................... 30

3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 30

3 .1.1 Review of the Colonial Administration Laws ................................................................ 30

3.1.2 Review of Post Colonial Laws ........................................................................................ 33

3 .I .3 Review of the Current Legal Regime ............................................................................. 34

3.2 Review of the Institutions .................................................................................................. 37

CHAPTER FOUR:PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE RESEARCH

FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................... 38

4.1 The legal definition of Land and how lay persons understand the concept Land .............. 38

4.2 The Causes of rampant Land Disputes and Evictions ....................................................... 38

4.3 Problems Facing Land Use in Uganda .............................................................................. .41

4.4 Quest for reform. A comparative analysis with other jurisdictions .................................. .42

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CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................... .46

5.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 46

5 .2 Reco1n1nendations .............................................................................................................. 46

5.3 Future Research ................................................................................................................. 48

BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................... 49

APPENDIX A: INTERVIEW GUIDE .................................................................................. 52