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 interests of 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

Steps in Systematic Land Registration

Final Registration and titling

Notification of LTR areas

Demarcation and Adjudication

Training of Committees and Local Information Campaign

Objections and Corrections Period

Claims with objections

Abunzi/Dispute Resolution or other mediation

Claims with no objections

High resolution Area Photograph

Para-Surveyors, Adjudication Committee and neighbours

Demarcation and …

• A claim is recorded in the claim register and fee paid.

• A claim receipt issued

Adjudication

Data Entry (LTRSS) + Map digitisation

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

LAIS System Concept

Client

Sealing(dep)

Registrar

LTRSS

LAIS

GIS UPI

UPI

Signing

Offering Acceptance

Responsibility of DLO

GIS

-fu

nctio

ns

ORIGINAL

DUPLICATE

Main Structure LAIS

Main Workflow – Role based

How does it work in practice???

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

Thank you!

Any Questions?