Kabarole : Bamugemereire Clarifies Mailo Land Recomendation

As the Land Commission handed the President an Interim report on the Land Probe, News headlines suggested that the commission had recommended the Abolishment of Mailo Land Titles.

Something that the Land Commission had denied saying they only urged that the different land tenure systems in Uganda should be fused into one tenure system.

The Justice Catherine Bamugemereire led Commission currently holding public hearings in Tooro , since Monday, says it instead advised that the different land tenure systems in Uganda be fused into one tenure system in order to introduce clarity and cohesion.

The Commission notes that Mailo land is a form of freehold predominant in Buganda, with some unusual historical characteristics and it recognizes this type of land tenure and other forms of freehold available in Buganda and other parts of Uganda. There have been Media reports that the Commission recommended the abolition of the Mailo Land tenure system. The reports have been subject of debate in Buganda where Mailo land tenure is widely recognized. Buganda Kingdom officials vowed to fight for its retention saying this tenure system is now synonymous with Buganda culture.