The ban on land titling in the Albertine region: Implications for tenure security

This paper highlights the effect of the ban on land titling in the Albertine Region and its impact on land tenure security in the region. In 2010, the Principle Private Secretary to the President, Flora Kiconco directed the CAO Buliisa to halt land title issuance in the district with the view of protecting the local people from land grabbers. This directive is widely construed as a ban on land titling – an administrative measure to protect the local people in the oil region, who were losing land to grabbers and land speculators. Despite this ban, there has been an increase in land grabbing in the region. c