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HC: Land Division (Uganda)

The Land Division is a Division created at the High Court Head office at Kampala.

The Division is charged with the following functions:Responsibility of supervising the work of Land Tribunals, the adjudication of all land related dispute fall under this Division. The land Division is established with three judges with a separate registry for the Division .There is a Registrar for the Land Division who doubles as the Registrar of the Land Tribunals. A desk office was also established under the office of the Registrar to handle the activities of the District Land Tribunals.

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Twed Towers, along Kafu Road, Nakasero, Kampala.

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Citation	Judgment date
September 1996
Wakida v Adeodata Kekitiinwa and Others (Civil Suit 338 of 1994) [1996] UGHCLD 1 (16 September 1996) Reallocation of alienated public land without statutory forfeiture procedure is unlawful; title obtained thereby must be cancelled and the lessee’s lease restored. Land law – public land leases – time of the essence; Public Lands Act – re‑entry and forfeiture procedure (ss.32,36) – requirement of notice and opportunity to remedy; Registration of Titles Act – effect of registration and exceptions where title procured by illegality/fraud; validity and cancellation of title obtained through unlawful reallocation.	16 September 1996

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Judgment date

September 1996

Wakida v Adeodata Kekitiinwa and Others (Civil Suit 338 of 1994) [1996] UGHCLD 1 (16 September 1996)

Reallocation of alienated public land without statutory forfeiture procedure is unlawful; title obtained thereby must be cancelled and the lessee’s lease restored.

Land law – public land leases – time of the essence; Public Lands Act – re‑entry and forfeiture procedure (ss.32,36) – requirement of notice and opportunity to remedy; Registration of Titles Act – effect of registration and exceptions where title procured by illegality/fraud; validity and cancellation of title obtained through unlawful reallocation.

16 September 1996