What type of land is available in Uganda?
There are 4 major land regimes in Uganda, they are: Customary Land Tenure: Over 80% of land in Uganda is held on customary tenure system. Freehold- Land Tenure: Very little land is held under freehold tenure in Uganda. Freehold is the premier mode of private land ownership under English law. The Land Act recognizes it as one of the four regimes through which access to land rights may be obtained. Its incidents are defined to include registration of title in perpetuity and conferment of full powers of ownership (i.e. the power of use, abuse and disposition). Transactions involving freehold land are governed by the Registration of Titles Act (Cap. 230). Mailo Land Tenure: Land held under mailo tenure is confined to Buganda (Central Uganda). The system confers specie of freehold granted by the colonial government in exchange for political co-operation under the 1900 Buganda Agreement. Essentially feudal in character, the mailo tenure system recognizes occupancy by tenants (locally called
