Assessing the effectiveness of mapping Tenancy Rights in solving Land Conflicts on Private Mailo. Case Study: Kakindu subcounty, Mityana District

Abstract

This research introduces and evaluates the effectiveness of mapping tenancy rights to improve security of tenure for both landlords and tenants on Private Mailo Land in Kakindu Sub-County in Mityana District, Uganda. The approach is a non-authoritative form of adjudication that considers the unique features of Mailo tenure and the various arrangements between landlords and tenants on Mailo land. The approach is based on a realization that addressing the impasse between registered owners and tenants on Mailo land, in a manner that is fair and acceptable to both parties, requires appreciation and in-depth understanding of the dynamics. To attain such appreciation requires improved transparency through a land inventory of the nature and extent of tenancy rights as well as gathering other basic information such as opinions of landlords and tenants on preferred solutions, areas of agreement and areas of conflict. The approach of mapping tenancy rights was initiated by GIZ under the Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda (ILGU) project co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Government, under the Special Initiative One World No Hunger (SEWOH) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). A rapid evaluation has been undertaken to review the relevance of the approach to advancing security of tenure of both landlords and tenants on Mailo Land. The evaluation is based on three guiding questions, namely: i. Whether the approach improves the relationship between landlords and tenants ii. Whether the approach addresses all land related disputes on Mailo tenure iii. Whether the approach leads to adequate information for negotiations between landlords and tenants