1. DATA FOR EFFECTIVE monitoring Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development

2. Country Facts (2014) Basic FactsStatistics Population, total 34,856,813 * Population, Rural 28,430,800 * Population, Urban 6,426,013 * Population growth (Annual) 3.0 Surface Area (Sq. Km) 241,039 * Provisional results

3. Land in Uganda  The Uganda Constitution recognizes four (4) tenure systems namely: a) Mailo b) Freehold c) Customary d) Leasehold The presentation is based on data from the Land Information System (LIS); and data from the Justice, Law and Order Sector (JLOS).

4. The Land Information System (LIS)  In Feb 2013, Government of Uganda launched the Land Information System.  It was piloted in six MZOs of Mbarara, Masaka, Jinja, Wakiso, Mukono and Kampala; and MLHUD/HQ to serve the rest of the country. It was also installed at SMD and NLIC.  The LIS development process involved:  Rehabilitation and digitization of existing land records and cadastral maps:  500,000 Titles  16,500 Maps  Provision of the base map covering 17,362 sq.km  Upgrade of the working environment and supporting system tools for 6 Ministry Zonal Offices (MZOs) and National Land Information Centre (NLIC)

5. Commitment/Verification Exercise  The non-committed files in the system causes delay in service delivery.  This is the due diligence exercise of reconciling the physical and digital information in the system.  This limits the direct use of digital information thus leading to delays in service delivery.  However, for land records that have already been verified, the hard copies of the documents are not required during processing of transactions, thus leading to a reduction in the number of days and time taken to register a transaction.

6. Percentage committed per MZO  The commitment exercise has a negative effect on performance of the LIS. The verification/commitment exercise was carried out in Jinja, Mbarara and partly in Wakiso MZOs. The current status as at February 2015 of this exercise is shown below: MZOCommittedPendingTotal% Committed Jinja 12,743722 13,46594.6 Mbarara 20,6541,618 22,27292.7 Wakiso 82,147101,671 183,81844.7 Mukono 14,52158,890 73,41119.8 Kampala 16,70370,121 86,82419.2 Masaka 7,96237,380 45,34217.6 MLHUD/HQ 10,76957,982 68,75115.7 Total 165,499 328,384 493,88333.5 NB: The Ministry has developed a six (6) month action plan to commit the 66.5% of the land records remaining.

7. Type of owners of registered parcels  87% of the registered parcels are singly owned while the remaining 13% have multiple ownership.  Based on 79% of the data, 44% of the registered land parcels are owned by male,13% are owned by female and 10% owned by companies.  If we exclude the missing information, 56% of the registered land is owned by male while 16% is owned by female. 13% is then owned by companies of which 9% represents Government land and parastatals. Ownership % of total title registration % of title registration % of title registration (with existing info) single ownership87Missing info0.20 Male0.440.56 Female0.130.16 Company out of which0.100.13 government & parastatal0.09 religious organization0.14 Others (including private companies)0.77 multiple ownership13Missing info0.01 possibly co-owned with spouse (2 owners only: male and female)0.040.05 at least one owner is a company (5 first)0.01 others0.070.09

8. Increase in all registered transaction in LIS March 2013 – December 2014  Number of transactions registered quarterly has increased five fold since the launch of LIS

9. Registered transactions in LIS March 2013 – December 2014  The major transactions received and registered under the LIS include: Transfers of title (Mailo, Freehold & Leasehold); Searches; Registering of mortgages; and first time registrations (conversions). These combined account for 71% of the transactions received and registered. No.TransactionRegisteredPercentage of total 1Transfers 25,06130.8 2Search 14,78218.2 3Mortgage Charge 13,97317.2 4First time registration 6,6478.2 5Other transactions 20,81825.6 Total 81,281100 Other transactions include: caveats registered and withdrawn, mortgages released, subdivisions, leases, grants of freehold and other titles (special, separation etc).

10. Lodged (received) Vs Registered transactions March 2013 – December 2014 YearLodged transactionsRegistered Transactions% registered 201336,06819,43153.9 201488,55461,85069.8 Total124,62281,28165.2

11. Lodged vs registered by year for most common transactions Transaction 20132014 # of Lodged % Registered # of Lodged % Registered Transfer Mailo 10,15150 24,32258 Search 6,91668 14,05468 Mortgage Charge 6,15065 12,77367 First time registration 2,59443 6,96867 Total 25,81157 58,11763 The registration rates are low, but increasing in 2014 in particular for first time registrations and transfers under Mailo tenure.

12. The LIS vs The Ministry’s Clients’ Charter  The Ministry’s Clients’ Charter was developed in March 2012 and run from FY 2011/12.  It details the number of days and costs for services offered by the Ministry.  The transactions considered here include: TransactionDays stated in clients' Charter Transfer Mailo5 Search 3 Register a mortgage3 First time registration10

13. Compliance with the clients’ charter Transactions 20132014 Reg. % 0 – 30 days (%) Av. Days taken Reg. % 0 – 30 days (%) Av. Days taken Transfer Mailo5,0407.862.927 14,0727.7652.835 Search4,7161887.219 9,512 20.274.428 Mortgage Charge3,9697.672.928 8,6137.6563.337 First time registration1,1131245.838 4,69412.149.975 Total14,83811 72.0 36,89111.5 60.5 Overall, 11.5% of the transactions in year 2014 were registered within the stipulated days in the clients charter while 60.5% of the transactions were registered within 1 months of the same year. The average number of days taken to register a transaction under the LIS is between 19 – 38 days.

14. Tax & Non-taxable revenue (March 2013 – December 2014)  The LIS has managed to track the revenue generated (Tax and Non-taxable revenue) under the LHUD sector. Revenue FY 2012/13 (4 months) FY 2013/14 (12 months) FY 2014/15 (6 months) Total TR (USD)2.835.320.959.0 NTR (USD)0.150.930.391.5 Total2.9536.221.360.5 Per month0.743.023.55 Increase (%)-308.117.5 1 USD = UGX 2,900 Figures in Million USD

15. Tax & Non-taxable revenue per MZO (March 2013 – December 2014) MZO`TRNTRTotal Kampala33.90.534.4 Wakiso16.10.316.4 MLHUD/HQ3.80.24.0 Mukono2.30.22.5 Masaka1.30.11.3 Jinja1.20.11.3 Mbarara0.50.10.6 Total59.11.560.6

16. Land Disputes  National Data on Land disputes registered nationally in (high courts, chief magistrate courts and Magistrate courts Grade 1) from JLOS. Total cases % of cases brought forward from previous year % of cases registered % of cases completed % of cases pending TOTAL YEAR 201355,94035151337 CENTRAL REGION25,74433171436 EASTERN REGION11,69235151139 NORTHERN REGION9,84037131040 WESTERN REGION8,66437131238 TOTAL YEAR 201459,04835151337 CENTRAL REGION27,81033171634 EASTERN REGION12,60636141139 NORTHERN REGION9,81640101238 WESTERN REGION8,81637131040

17. Resolving Land Disputes  Government of Uganda is in the process of appointing a multi-sectoral Committee to spearhead the :  Review of the Judiciary rules and procedures for land dispute resolution to identify gaps and recommend improvement;  Comprehensive review of the legal, institutional and operational framework of land tribunals to identify gaps and make recommendations for improvement;  Compilation and disseminating materials on land laws and related documents;  Process of strengthening the capacity of the judiciary and the land sector to implement ADR and mediation programs; and  Provision of training to the judiciary and other land dispute resolution institutions.

18. Other attempts between the Ministry & JLOS  An inception stakeholder’s workshop was held on 25 th July, 2014. it was aimed at introducing staff of the Judiciary, JLOS, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and other key stakeholder to the Land Dispute Resolution Component under the new Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project.  Outputs during of the workshop:  Many misunderstandings between the Judiciary and MLHUD were identified and ironed out.  It was also agreed that there should be closer cooperation amongst the Traditional Institutions, MLHUD and the Judiciary for improvement of service delivery and reduction in court case backlog.

19. Next steps  Rolling out of the National Land Information System to the remaining 15 zonal offices to cover the whole country and improve service delivery  Developing a revised system incorporating the aspects of Physical Planning and Valuation; and granting corporate access to key stakeholders (corporate bodies) for easy retrieval of information.  Reviewing the Ministry’s Clients’ Charter and ensuring adherence to the stipulated fees and days  Developing key monitoring indicators for the sector in order to measure performance and progress

20. Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Uganda Thank You For Your Attention Richard Oput landproj@mlhud.go.ug +256 772-412 702