CONVERTING FROM MANUAL LAND REGISTRATION TO GIS LIS: A CASE
STUDY OF UGANDAPresenter
Prof Rex Ahene
Sarah Kulata BasangwaCommissioner Land Registration
Uganda
Outline
• Background
• Process
• Challenges
• Lessons Learnt
• Achievements
Long legacy of neglect: Kampala Mailo Registry records before rehabilitation:
Mutilated Title Certificates Remnants of a cadastral index map
Long legacy of neglect: Leasehold Registry 2009
• Near total neglect due to civil unrest and political uncertainty from 1980 – 1990.
• Lack of Adequate Personnel
• Lack of Adequate Financial Resources
• Limited storage space and mutilated records.
Mukono District Land Office situation ‐June, 2006
Old Cadastral Sheet LIS generated Parcel Layer with Basemap in the Background
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Land Records
Before Reorganization After Reorganization
Process
2003 to 2014
• Sorting, • reorganization,• reconstruction,• Training • indexing data entry
Cont.
• Quality Control
• Transfer of records
• Commitment
• Training, training and training
Challenges• Poor state and quality of records
• Acceptability/resistance of the programme
• Lack of effective communication
• Legal and regulatory framework not fully consistent with the LIS operational framework
• Maintenance challenges – basic infrastructure, power and connectivity
Cont..
• Slow adaptation to Ministry’s new working environment – new staff, new skills, bigger budget
• Decentralization
• Centralization of Land Records
• Staffing challenges – resistance, low morale, recruitment, capacity issues
Cont.
• Security of records
• Continuing to deliver services while digitalizing
• Updating and backlog clearance
• Policy decision to re – centralize: – resistance from local Governments
• Integration
Achievements
• 500,000 titles digitalized
• 7,000 maps scanned and
• Opened up 6 zonal offices
• At opening overall operating performance on the system was at 23%
• 3 MZO now operating at over 90%. Overall performance is at 53 %
Cont.
• Enhanced revenue collection USD 9 million in 2013
• Security of Land records enhanced
• Transparency in and quick decision making
• Instant retrieval of information
• Improved service delivery
• Clients charter developed
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