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Overview of Land Registration in Rwanda

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

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  1. Overview of Land Registration in Rwanda Thierry Hoza Ngoga LAIS Implementation Manager National Land Centre

  2. 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

  3. Why Land Registration? - Background • Vision 2020 • National Land Policy - 2004 • Organic Land Law - 2005 • EDPRS

  4. 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

  5. Ways of land Registration Systematic Land Registration – Land Tenure Regularisation Sporadic registration or registration on demand

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. High resolution Area Photograph

  9. Demarcation and … Para-Surveyors, Adjudication Committee and neighbours

  10. Adjudication • A claim is recorded in the claim register and fee paid. • A claim receipt issued

  11. Data Entry (LTRSS) + Map digitisation

  12. Objection and Correction • At cell level • Land claimants correct information from the database • Objections to claim can be made

  13. Issuance of land leases and certificate of land registration

  14. 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

  15. LEGAL • Condominium law passed by Parliament • Valuation law passed by Parliament • Survey law passed by Cabinet

  16. 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

  17. Other useful update • National Land Use and Development Master Plan approved by Cabinet on 19th January 2011

  18. Other useful update (Con’t) • Existing land records in Kigali City indexed (LAA)

  19. 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

  20. LAIS System Concept

  21. 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

  22. Main Structure LAIS

  23. Main Workflow – Role based

  24. How does it work in practice???

  25. Data already in the database • 5 thousands land parcels

  26. 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

  27. Thank you!

  28. Any Questions?

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