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The trend of titling and formalizing customary lands in Uganda, has surged over the last decade t... more The trend of titling and formalizing customary lands in Uganda, has surged over the last decade through pilot projects mostly in the Northern region. The surge has been a period of 'attempts and errors,' as actors learned how to capture the various tenets and forms of customary lands in documented formats. This process is backed by a 'package of reforms' stipulated in the 1998 Land Act and National Land Policy 2013. This paper evaluates the 10 pilot projects based on a 'consolidated package' for titling and formalization of customary tenure in the law and land policy of Uganda. The analysis details the various pilot projects and the innovations in each for realizing a complete capture of all rights in customary tenure and discusses the results of these pilots by presenting an unanswered question and pending challenges. It concludes with outstanding issues and lessons learned-especially for women losing out as titling progresses. This paper is prepared for the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (Uganda) for the preparation of next steps on the evolution of customary tenure based on lessons learned for the National Land Policy Implementation Action Plan II (NLP IAP2 2018-2020).
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Papers by Christine Kajumba