Analysis of Women Land Rights in Uganda (Makindye Division)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .............................................................................. .iii

APPROVAL ................................................................................... .ii

DEDICATION ................................................................................ .iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................... v ..... .

TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................... vi-viii

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................ ix

LIST OF STATUTES ......................................................................... x

LIST OF CASES ................................................................................. xi ..

CHAPTER ONE

l.Olntroduction ............................................................................... 1

1.1 Background ............................................................................... 2

1.2Statement of the problem ............................................................... .4

1.3Purpose of study .......................................................................... 5

1.4Research question ......................................................................... 6

1.5Scope ....................................................................................... 6

1.6Scope of the study ........................................................................ 6

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1. 7 Justification ................................................................................. 7

1.8.Chapterisation .............................................................................. 7

1,9Literature Review .......................................................................... 8

1.aMethodology .............................................................................. 1 0

1. bArea of study ................................................................................ 1 0

l.cDefinition of key words ................................................................... 13

CHAPTER TWO -WOMEN, CUSTOMS AND LAND OWNER SHIP

2.0Customary law ............................................................................... 14

2.1 Succession .................................................................................... 15

2.2Colonial period .............................................................................. 16

2.3 Women's Land Rights under Particular Post-colonial Legislation .................. 18

2.4Land transfer Act ............................................................................ 19

2.5Administrator General Act ............. ; .................................................... 23

CHAPTER THREE-WOMEN'S RIGHTS UNDER THE LAND ACT (1998)

3.0Introduction .................................................................................. 24

3.1Family property .............................................................................. 25

3.2Co-ownership clause (the lost amendment) ........................... , ................. 28

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3.3Women's Land Rights under Customary Land Tenure .............................. 31

3.4Section 27 and Rights of Women or Customs ......................................... 33

3.5Institutional Mechanisms For Women's Rights ..................................... 35

3.6Implementation of the Land Act (1998) ............................................... 36

CHAPTER FOUR -STUDY FINDINGS

4. Ointroduction ........................................................................ 3 7

4.1 Study findings ........................................................................... 37

4.2Modes of access to land ................................................................ .40

4.3Factors constraining women access to land ......................................... .42

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 Introduction

5.2 General Recommendations ............................................................. 46

5.3 Specific Recommendation ............................................................ .48'

A-BIBLOGRAPHY ........................................................................ 49

B-INDEX .................................................................................... 50

C-Questionnaire .............................................................................. 50