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that the agreements made do not show the exact size of the landmakes it difficult to determine where the boundary marks wereinitially fixed. This results into uncertainties over thedetermination of boundaries which results into dispute.Table 4: Possession of land ownership documentsDocumentsDistrictPossessedInterview Amuru Apac KatakwiTotalCertificatesof titleCustomarycertificateNodocumentsFirst 0 0 0 0Second 2 0 0 2First 0 0 0 0Second 2 0 0 2First 34 40 27 101Second 30 40 27 97This scenario was found to be common to all the project areaswhere people have lived outside their land for long due toinsurgency and on return they have found it difficult to locatetheir land or the land of their ancestors. The main cause ofconflict found in the communities was the failure to securereliable evidence of ownership of the land which has resultedinto displacement and disagreement over boundaries where therightful owners in some cases have ended up losing the land.From the findings, it is indicated in table 4 above that almost all10Milestones towards the Integration of Informal Justice Mechanisms into the Formal System