Cura 1 - LEMU - The Land and Equity Movement in Uganda
Cura 1 - LEMU - The Land and Equity Movement in Uganda
Cura 1 - LEMU - The Land and Equity Movement in Uganda
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<strong>The</strong> Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples, Practices, Rights <strong>and</strong> Responsibilities (PPRR) of Customary Tenure <strong>in</strong> Lango Region<br />
Part 2 :<br />
<strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> rights <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong> hold<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
4. <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> rights of head of family.<br />
LANGO CULTURAL FOUNDATION<br />
All Married men, Unmarried adult girls, with or without children, married<br />
women, the children born by un married girls, Widows, who have not<br />
remarried, Widows who voluntarily choose to return to their parents<br />
homes, Orphans <strong>and</strong> all daughters who were once married but divorced<br />
<strong>and</strong> returned to their parents’ homes have rights to l<strong>and</strong> as <strong>in</strong>dividuals<br />
<strong>and</strong> the responsibility to manage l<strong>and</strong> as head of family on behalf of all<br />
family members.<br />
5. <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> Rights of unmarried girls <strong>and</strong> of orphans.<br />
a) It shall be assumed that all girls will be married <strong>and</strong> move to get l<strong>and</strong><br />
rights from their marital homes, but when it is unlikely that a girl will<br />
marry, or the moment a girl has a child out of marriage, the head of<br />
family must allocate l<strong>and</strong> to the girl to respect her l<strong>and</strong> rights <strong>and</strong> her<br />
as a head of family.<br />
b) It shall be assumed that the l<strong>and</strong> or orphans shall be protected by<br />
a relative appo<strong>in</strong>ted by the clan but where there is no appo<strong>in</strong>tment<br />
made or where the appo<strong>in</strong>ted person abuses the l<strong>and</strong> rights of the<br />
orphan, the l<strong>and</strong> rights of the family l<strong>and</strong> shall pass to the orphan as<br />
head of the family to manage <strong>and</strong> protect customary l<strong>and</strong> for him/her<br />
on behalf of the family <strong>and</strong> the clan.<br />
6. <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> rights of children.<br />
a) Children born to married parents shall have l<strong>and</strong> rights to the l<strong>and</strong> of<br />
their father.<br />
b) Children born out of marriage shall have right to the l<strong>and</strong> of their<br />
mother’s family unless the biological father claims their heritage<br />
by pay<strong>in</strong>g compensation to the mothers’ clan. Once compensation<br />
is paid <strong>and</strong> accepted by the girls’ family, the children born out of<br />
marriage shall have rights to the l<strong>and</strong> of their biological father.<br />
c) It is the responsibility of the clans of the unmarried girl <strong>and</strong> the clan<br />
of the biological father of the children to ensure that children know<br />
where their l<strong>and</strong> entitlement is before the children become adults.<br />
d) It is the responsibilities of the clans of divorced women or widows<br />
who return to their maiden homes to ensure that children born <strong>in</strong>
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