Uganda - Obtain Land Title on Kingdom Land (kyapa Mugalo)

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Procedure

Apply In-person

1. The first step is to visit Buganda Land Board office located at your count for registering your Land.You Can visit their website on the following Link Buganda land Board
2. Get the plot and block number for the mailo/bibanja where your land is Located on Kabaka’s Land;
3. After that Obtain Consent form from Buganda Land Board at the Registry of Titles: Here the registry gives a ticket with the amount to be paid, which one takes to the bank to pay in full. This includes the Application fees and survey fees, which is equivalent to Ugshs.1, 600,000.
4. Pay for the application and survey Fee at any Commercial Bank that has a Bank Account and obtains a receipt that will later be presented again at the Buganda land Board registry to complete the procedure.
5. Conduct a search at the Registry of Titles if you want and this is done after presenting the receipt of payment of the search fee from the bank
6. At this time, one also picks up the consent to transfer application (in case where the Kabaka land was registered in other persons names..
7. Attach all required documents like Transfer and Consent Forms, Mutation Form, Application for certificate of Customary Ownership and the Lease agreement (in cases where the applicant is leasing the land in question). It is not mandatory to use a lawyer to draw up the Lease agreement or conduct the transaction, but in this case, it would be common practice.
8. After this, the land is valued for transfer purposes and for assessing and paying all other requirements and duties.
9. Obtain income Valuation of property for transfer purposes by Buganda Land Valuer's Office in order to determine tax clearance certificate and assessment form for payment of stamp duty from Uganda Revenue Authority: Once the BLB valuer has given his consent on the cost, the file is taken to the Uganda Revenue Authority, where an assessment form for Stamp duty is provided. The Uganda Revenue Authority also requires that anyone who purchases land valued at more than UGX 50,000,000.00 (approximately $20,000.00) obtain an income tax clearance, denoting the purchaser's source of income for taxation purposes, before registration. At that time, the name of the designated bank will be provided.
10. Payment of stamp duty at the designated commercial bank: In the first instance, there is an assessment form, which is taken to the bank, and payment is made. The Bank will inform the Uganda Revenue Authority that payment has been received. There is a reconciliation process between the Bank and the Uganda Revenue Authority, which can take up to 3 days.
11. Present documents to the Buganda Land Board for purpose of making an agreement: The documentation Include signed Lease agreement, Receipts of stamp duty payment and Companies resolutions to buy and sell. Here the embossed lease agreement is given to the BLB for further assessment.
12. An assessment form is given providing the amount to the paid for Land Title. This form will also provide the name of the designated bank where payment is to be made.
13. One makes Payment of Land Title at a designated commercial bank to continue with the r process.
14. A lease title is processed and handled over to the tenant after submission of signed agreement. This is the last stage of the lease process on Kingdom Land.

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Required Documents

• Identification Card;
• Passport photo.
• Land Details (Agreements)
• Previous receipts for Land Lent
• Recommendation Letter from Local Council Authority.
• Any other proof that the Land belongs to you.

Office Locations & Contacts

Buganda Land Board (BLB) - Head Office,
PhysicAL Address :1st floor Masengere Building Bulange mengo.
Postal address: P.O Box 1,
Mengo- Uganda.
Telephone : 039-326-3-742
Telephone : 0414 271 921
Telephone : 039-326-3-741
Toll Free  : 0800 140 140
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: Link

Regional Contatcs

Eligibility

Anyone who owns mailo/bibanja owners on Kabaka’s original land can apply for a ‘’Kyapa Mungalo’’ land title

Fees

• Application and survey fees Ugshs.1,600,000
• Fees for the Land title depend on the size of the Land.

Validity

The ‘’Kyapa Mungalo’’ land title is Valid for 99 years and you can renew your lease on expiration.

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

Processing time may be three (3) to four (4) weeks; however when the new digitalized process of the land Board office is completed, chasing a land title will be taking minutes instead of weeks.

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Instructions

• Visit the Buganda land Board to acquire necessary application forms and accurately fill them;
• Make copies of all the necessary documents;
• Make all payments; and
• Submit application to the land office.

Required Information

• Full name and address of applicant;
• Details of the Land in question i.e. location, plot and block numbers;
• Details of original owner.
• Proof of ownership.

Need for the Document

• A ‘’Kyapa Mungalo’’land title is a document that authorizes and verifies ownership of mailo/bibanja owners on Kabaka’s land. In Uganda, the law provides for this types of certificate of land ownership.

Information which might help

• That Mengo gives out Leasehold titles in acknowledgment of the fact that the land given to the Kabaka by the colonialists already belonged to the people.
• The bibanja holders who poses land on what is called Kabaka’s land, is to acquire leasehold titles, now known as Kyapa Mungalo. Though it is not possible to upgrade your leasehold to freehold. But without a title (leasehold), it is very possible to revert to the 1975 Land Reform Decree that made all bibanja holdings tenancies at sufferance. A tenant at sufferance has no interest in land except only the developments and no security of tenure.

Urbanization invariably requires titled land to enable better planning.
It is important to note that:

• The Buganda Land Board Registry is currently undergoing a file digitization process, which involves scanning all paper files and creating a computer database.
• BLB can only acquire a freehold certificate out of former land by applying to the respective Buganda Land Board office located in the various counties where the subject Kabaka land is located.
• BLB cannot grant or lease government land
• Occupants on Kabaka land do not enjoy security of occupancy.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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