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ESAFF Uganda team together with Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development meeting a team of Recorders, Landlords and Sub county Officials a head of the 4th Land Camp at Logiri Sub county Headquarters. By Dramadri Federick Arua City The Eastern and Southe
ESAFF Uganda team together with Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development meeting a team of Recorders, Landlords and Sub county Officials a head of the 4th Land Camp at Logiri Sub county Headquarters.
By Dramadri Federick
Arua City
The Eastern and Southern African Small Farmers Forum (ESAFF-Uganda), through the Land Rights Support Centre (LRSC) with support from Oxfam in Uganda, in partnership with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, will host "The Land Camp" at Logiri Sub-county, Arua District.
This event aims to address the widespread land-related conflicts and issues reported in the sub-county and surrounding areas, as well as gaps in access to land justice.
The camp, scheduled for September 24-25, 2025, seeks to strengthen community awareness and capacity to secure land rights, facilitate the resolution or proper referral of land disputes through timely, accessible support for better wellbeing in rural communities.
During a visit to Logiri sub county where ESAFF Uganda team met with recorders, sub county leadership and land title seekers, Ronald Bagaga, Programs Manager at ESAFF-Uganda, noted that, previous Land Camps have reached nearly 20,000 citizens, resolving many land disputes and empowering women and small-scale farmers to secure land tenure, encouraging large community participation and fostering awareness and action.
“We’re having a team of lawyers doing sensitizations. We are having dialogues and radio talk shows to ensure that we reach every individual and get them registered for their customary land titles, while the two days will serve as clinics to land related conflicts and mediation is key,” Bagaga noted.
Denis Obboi, spokesperson of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, emphasized that strengthening land governance and bringing services closer to communities are critical.
He added that, ESAFF Uganda will cover expenses related to land form distribution, documentation process, except sub county taxes of 10,000 per form to community members.
“We need to prioritize the utilization of the cultural structures in place if we are to resolve land conflicts because land disputes have persisted, people have wasted money and land has remained unutilized. So this camp has come to bring these to an end,” Obboi emphasized.
Meanwhile, Esther Kisembo, Programs Coordinator at Action Aid Uganda, another partner organization in the Land camp highlighted the link between gender-based violence and land conflicts stating that camp will offer various services such as legal aid, counseling, and guidance to help affected individuals.
“In the past 6 years, land has been identified as one of the key causes of Gender Based Violence (GBV) especially economically. So, it’s important to not only look at land as an issue, but, also to bring all other related issues that come along with the land.” Kisembo revealed.
Since its inception, ESAFF Uganda’s Land Camps have served as mobile legal spaces, reaching over 19,700 citizens, providing legal aid to 582 individuals, conducting 304 mediations (with a 64% resolution rate), and assisting 20 women-led households in securing land documents.