Land Telescope Land VOL. 3 January, 2019 VOL. 3 NO 1, January 2019 elescope TA TRUSTED PUBLICATION ON LAND MATTERS FROM BUGANDA LAND BOARD BUGANDA SIGNS PACT TO CONSTRUCT KABAKA AFFORdabLE HOUSES USHERS IN SSENTEMA IN 2019 More than 3,000 people to get jobs - P3 Dr. Bukenya utilizes Kabaka’s land to provide hope for stroke patients: P7 Buganda land board Managing Director Kyewalabye-Male D. (Seated middle) and Gouji group’s Windy Shen (seated right) during the signing of the MoU to kickstart a partnership to construct affordable houses in Ssentema. Check type of Mawokota chief Security of tenure before Kayima decries tenure can end land investingnns - P2 in districts that still land - P14 issue freehold question: titles on Kabaka’s P10 land - P13 Land Telescope EDITORIALVOL. 3 January, 2019 NEWS 2 Why we should welcome uganda Land Board Land Telescope reintroduced the sen- FEEDING YOU LAND INFORMATION sitization unit charged BLB’s sensitization drives with the responsibility of precious factor of produc- absent, not knowing that the So, when other organisa- teaching Ugandans about PUBLISHED BY BUGANDA LAND tion, many people, including law requires them to look for tions involved in land manage- theirB rights and obligations on land. BOARD. This team has since embarked on leaders, use this ignorance to the landlord, not the other way ment such as BLB come out to regular meetings and clinics across disenfranchise them of their round. Such small land-related sensitize people, they should rights. It is thus important matters can cause huge losses. receive the necessary support. KYEWALABYE-MALE: the kingdom calling upon people, Managing Director especially bibanja holders, to under- that these people are con- People need to know all this It is commendable that the sistently reminded of their and much more. ministry last year partnered stand and respect their land rights, SIMON KABOGOZA: obligations and responsibilities. rights. We appreciate that govern- with BLB to conduct weeklong Head Corporate Affairs Although these efforts and mes- It is easy to find a suppos- ment is mandated to sensitize sensitization meetings in sages therein may not be new, this edly well-informed person masses about these matters Buweekula and Kyaggwe. 1st Floor Masengere Building remains a very important interven- entering a fraudulent land through the mother ministry The same is expected this P.O.Box 14205, Kampala tion by BLB in terms on entrenching transaction without conduct- of Lands and Urban Develop- year . More of such initiatives Tel: 0312263741 land-related knowledge among ing due diligence such as title ment along with other line are needed if we want to end Email: [email protected] Ugandans. searches or location surveys. ministries. Unfortunately, the recurrent land-related Website:www.bugandalandboard.or.ug It is both amazing and shocking It is common for tenants to sometimes the ministry seems challenges in the country. Facebook: Buganda Land Board how many people are ignorant about ignore payment of ground rent so overwhelmed, needing a Twitter: bugandalandb land matters. Because land is a very just because the landlord is helping hand! Why government reclaimed OPEC land For there to be a lease, there are two parties; the lessor (land owner) and the lessee (holder of user rights). The two parties are governed by the contract called a lease agreement in land transac- tions. Lease agreements have terms and conditions implored upon by either party to perform. Where one of the parties does not or fails to perform its contractual obligations, this amounts to a breach of the contract and entitles the aggrieved party to a number of remedies under the law. Where the breach has been by the lessee, one of the reme- dies available to the lessor, is the DENNIS OBBO remedy of re-entry. There are a number of reasons ecently, the govern- that may necessitate the exer- ment, through Ugan- cise of re-entry among which da Land Commission is non-payment of ground rent (ULC), took over own- or non-observance of any of the ership of its land that covenants expressed or by law hadR been leased to OPEC Prime implied to be declared (Section Properties (U) limited located at 103(b) of the Registration of Nakawa – Naguru. Titles Act (RTA), Cap 230). ULC holds and manages gov- Under Section 114 of the RTA, ernment land as per Article 239 this re-entry is supposed to be of the 1995 Constitution, which noted in the Register upon sat- stipulates that “the Uganda Land isfaction by the Commissioner, Commission shall hold and man- Land Registration. This in effect, age any land in Uganda vested in totally terminates the relation- or acquired by the Government ship between the parties and the of Uganda in accordance with land in question may be disposed the provisions of the Constitution Chairman Uganda Land Commission Baguma Isoke at the Nakawa Naguru land that was reclaimed by government of by transfer, subdivision or any and shall have other functions other way the registered propri- as may be prescribed by Parlia- prosecuted.” However, these objectives in etor may deem fit. ment”. Reading the signpost remind- their lease agreement were never Re-entering land by landlords A big signpost was placed on ed me that one of the remedies realized and so was the basis for when tenants fail to meet their the land at Naguru-Nakawa read- available to the Landowners There are a number of reasons that government to re-own back the lease agreement obligations is ing: “The general public is hereby is eviction of the tenant and land after 10 years. a legal and lawful measure that informed that the Government re-entry into their land in case of may necessitate“ the exercise of allows owners to regain the of Uganda today 19th September failure by the tenant to meet the re-entry among which is non-pay- Re-entry by Government physical possession and propri- 2018 re-entered and has taken obligations stipulated in the lease A re-entry is a process where etorship of their land/property. possession of land comprised agreements. ment of ground rent or non-ob- a lessor (land owner) legally and That is how ULC has regained in LRV 4250/14 for plots 12-80 OPEC Prime Properties (U) servance of any of the covenants physically regains possession the Government land it leased to and all subdivisions arising there ltd had been leased this land to expressed or by law implied to be and proprietorship of property OPEC Prime Properties (U) Ltd. from which government had develop it so that they create or land hitherto leased out to an- leased to OPEC Prime Proper- employment opportunities, boost declared.... other party. This is done through The author is the spokesperson of ties (U) ltd. Any person found business and provide planned physical entry or an application the Ministry of Lands, Housing and trespassing on this land shall be settlement for Kampala dwellers. to the Courts of Law. Urban Development. Land Telescope 3 NEWS VOL. 3 January, 2019 Buganda partners with China firm to build affordable houses in Ssentema t least 3,000 Ugandans are set to join the employment club following Buganda kingdom’s partnership with Chinese firm Henan GoujiA Industry Group to extend devel- opment projects across the kingdom. The partnership was signed at Bulange, Mengo on December 18, 2018 between Gouji representatives and Bu- ganda Land Board Managing Director Kyewalabye-Male D. The event was witnessed by Katikiiro Charles Peter Mayiga, Buganda cabinet ministers and officials from Buganda Land Board. Gouji are the constructors of the Mirembe Villas housing project in Kigo and have now shifted focus to construct houses affordable to middle-income earners. Construction starts next year. One such project is expected to start at Ssaza grounds in Sentema, some 20 kilometres from Kampala, covering at least 50 acres of uninhabited kingdom land. Speaking after the signing ceremo- ny, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga applauded the Chinese for their com- mitment to development, noting that rarely do they promise and fail to de- liver. He advised ugandans to embrace Officials from Buganda led by Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga in a group photo with officials from Gouji and China Development Bank development and rip benefits. BLB Managing Director Kyewal- abye-Male noted that they intend to work with Gouji to construct affordable people to interact with each other out- job in the factory. In total, the factories houses and a modern industrial park to side their homes/in the public realm in the industrial park will likely pro- help local residents live in an organ- – a spirit of community living, one of duce at least 2,800 jobs. ised community on top of getting jobs. the priorities of the kingdom. According to the The target for manufacturers is to “The first phase targets uninhabited Wakiso district is expected to work produce for export to improve Ugan- land and we expect the project to be with the project managers to con- master plan, da’s forex earnings. struct a road from Masanafu flyover “ This project is expected to reduce expanded,” said Kyewalabye-Male. “It they are going will later extend and people within to Ssentema. The same project will pollution caused by car owners who those areas will be incorporated into have an extensive industrial park that to create a com- have to drive from home to work be- will directly employ 700 skilled and cause people will be living and working the projected and will not be evicted plete community unless they accept to be compensated.” unskilled personnel. The contract has in the same area.