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| Title: | Land tenure in Uganda: present day tendencies |
| Authors: | Mukwaya, A. B. |
| Keywords: | Land tenure- Uganda |
| Issue Date: | 1953 |
| Series/Report no.: | East African studies
No.1 |
| Abstract: | INTRODUCTION
It is now over fifty years since a settlement of the land question in
Buganda was made. There were two math re suits of this settlement. In
the first place, the- political and usufructuary rights -of the chiefs were
converted into a system of freehold tenure now known as the mailo
system:1 and in the second place, and subsequently, the rights of the
peasant holders living on these estates were defined by law. Both types
of rights are thus preserved and protected by legal enactments.
In the past fifty years, through the processes of adaptation and adoption,
this whole system of land tenure has developed quite rapidly in relation
to the- great economic and political changes that have taken place in the
country.
Some of these changes in the system of land tenure are discussed in the
succeeding pages, and particularly the extent to which fragmentation of •
holdings has taken place and the rules governing peasant holdings ha
been defined. These changes are described against their historical
background and in relation to the particular land laws that have been
passed. The more important of these enactments are reviewed in the
second chapter of this work. |
| Description: | EAST AFRICAN STUDIES
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‘Buganda Land Tenure” is the first of a series of studies on social economic
and linguistic problems in the East African territories which will be published
for the East African Institute of Social Research by the East African Literature
Bureau.
The series is intended for the publication of scientific studies which are too
long for production as articles in the different journals which deal with African
problems, and which are considerably shorter than the various anthropological
and other monographs which the East African Institute of Social Research
intends to produce in book form. The present format makes it possible to sell
papers on problems of topical interest at a price which is within reach of a
large circle of readers.
“East African Studies” will include papers and reports written by members of
the staff of the East African Institute of Social Research, and of Makerere
College. It will also contain scientific studies submitted from time to time by
others working in the field of the social sciences in East Africa, such as
holders of research grants from overseas universities, administrators,
educationalists and missionaries.
The second number of this series will be entitled Jinja Transformed”—a report
of a social survey carried out recently in Jinja by Cyril Sofer and Rhona Ross.
The third will be “An Iraqw Grammar” by W. H. Whiteley,
‘East African Studies” will be distributed in East Africa by the East African
Literature Bureau, P. 0. Box 2022, Nairobi; and in the United Kingdom by
Messrs. Kegan Paul.
A. I. RICHARDS
East African Institute of Social Research,
Makerere College,
Kampala,
Uganda. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1955 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (MISR)
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