INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development District Land Board
POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Land Policy (draft) Soils Policy (draft)
Urban Planning Policy (draft) Land Use Policy, 2008 Land Act, 1998
ACTION POINTS FOR LEGISLATORS
The Land Act fails to clearly address overlapping land rights. This has caused widespread land conflicts in rural and urban areas. Insecurity of tenure based on gender is a major source of conflict. Communal land rights have become increasingly chal- lenged as a result of oil and gas exploration on commu- nal land. Customary land tenure requires greater secu- rity as a large number of Ugandans depend on it for their daily lives.
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