The minister of lands Housing and urban development Hon Judith Nabakooba has revealed that the registration of land through the Systematic Land Adjudication and Certification (SLAAC) is set to curb land disputes in the country.
“Where unregistered land and interests are ascertained in a systematic manner, parcel by parcel, everyone, regardless of their socioeconomic status, education, or literacy level, including the vulnerable and marginalised is included in securing their rights under this highly subsidised government intervention” Hon Nabakooba noted.
Hon Nabakooba made the remarks while handing over 57,325 freehold titles processed for nine districts at the ministry’s surveys and mapping department in Entebbe on Monday.
“The titles being handed to Bukedea are 9,726, Serere 6,606, Soroti 4,176, Kamuli 4,295, Luuka 488, Isingiro 1,906, Ntungamo 8,231, and an additional 1,418 for Kikuube because last week we handed over 1,000 and 20,478 titles for Maracha. We are working on 300,000 titles, so this is just a quarter of what is expected of us under the SLAAC Project”.
Ms Nabakooba said landowners will pay Shs 85,000 with government paying the remainder of the costs.
The undersecretary ministry of lands Mr Richard Juuko said at least 19 districts have so far benefited from the project which will be rolled out across the country with time.
Mr Juuko urged ministry zonal officers to educate people, on how best to utilise the titles to support their economic development.
The commissioner land registration Mr Johnson Bigira said only 23 percent of the total landmass has so far been registered in the country, “When we do this mass titling I have the confidence that the figures are going to be high”.
