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Overview of Land Registration in Rwanda. Thierry Hoza Ngoga LAIS Implementation Manager National Land Centre. OUTLINE. Why land registration? Advantages of Land registration Ways of land registration Systematic Land Registration – Steps Where are we today? Sporadic Land Registration
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Overview of Land Registration in Rwanda Thierry Hoza Ngoga LAIS Implementation Manager National Land Centre
OUTLINE • Why land registration? • Advantages of Land registration • Ways of land registration • Systematic Land Registration – Steps • Where are we today? • Sporadic Land Registration • The Way forward after first registration • Other useful updates
Why Land Registration? - Background • Vision 2020 • National Land Policy - 2004 • Organic Land Law - 2005 • EDPRS
Why Land Registration? • Land Registration is statutory – OLL art 30 • The State guarantees the land ownership – OLL Art 3 – Security of tenure • Establishment of Unique National Land Registry - Policy • To reduce land disputes, • To provide a good foundation for economic growth, all in the interestsof all landowners
Ways of land Registration Systematic Land Registration – Land Tenure Regularisation Sporadic registration or registration on demand
The systematic Land Registration Land tenure regularisation: parcel by parcel and cell by cell Estimated 8million parcels of land in Rwanda Participatory approach with Cell Land Committees General Boundary principle – using area orthophotos Supported by GoR, DIFD, SIDA and EU
Notification of LTR areas Training of Committees and Local Information Campaign Demarcation and Adjudication Objections and Corrections Period Claims with objections Claims with no objections Abunzi/Dispute Resolution or other mediation Final Registration and titling Steps in Systematic Land Registration
Demarcation and … Para-Surveyors, Adjudication Committee and neighbours
Adjudication • A claim is recorded in the claim register and fee paid. • A claim receipt issued
Objection and Correction • At cell level • Land claimants correct information from the database • Objections to claim can be made
Issuance of land leases and certificate of land registration
Achievments in DB - Where are we today? • In all 30 Districts with: • Kigali City and Kirehe district covered in terms of Demarcation – O&C ongoing • 874 Cells covered out of 2148 • By end of February 2011 4.3millions parcels demarcated (53%) with less than 1% disputes • Target to finish title issuance in Kigali City (June 2011) • Target to finish demarcation adjudication and demarcation in June 2012 • Target to finish Issuance by December 2013
LEGAL • Condominium law passed by Parliament • Valuation law passed by Parliament • Survey law passed by Cabinet
Procedures • Acte de Vente made in front of the Registrar removed from procedures in property transfer • Conditions of acceptance elaborated • Construction permit and urban planning unit in Kigali City is in place • District Land Officer took oath as Notaries for all land related maters • LAIS in place - functional
Other useful update • National Land Use and Development Master Plan approved by Cabinet on 19th January 2011
Other useful update (Con’t) • Existing land records in Kigali City indexed (LAA)
Way-forward after first registration • Land Administration Information System (LAIS) – Maintenance A digital land Registration system based on systems and procedures which are: simple; transparent; quick; cost efficient; responsive to customer requirements
Contract Certificate RLT Archive Cadastral Extract Contract Module LTRSS Certificate Module GIS UPI GIS-functions LAIS UPI Offering Acceptance Signing ORIGINAL Client (dep) Registrar Sealing DUPLICATE Responsibility of DLO
Data already in the database • 5 thousands land parcels
Flexibility of the system • Process divided in specific Process steps • Role and location based authorizations • Based on codes which are easy to change, information will be showed on Certificate or only by Inquiry • Digital Registry; • Can accommodate Cadastral information