Land Rights Information Centres
Realizing the need to protect the rights of the poor and vulnerable women, men, children and the minority groups, Uganda Land alliance (ULA) with its Secretariat in Kampala, came up with land rights Information centers to offer Legal Aid. Initially, ULA established Land Rights Desks with its member organizations. Later on, ULA changed its strategy by opening up Land Rights Information centers fully manned by the Secretariat. Currently, ULA has LRICs in the districts of;
- Apac – Northern Region
- Amuru – Northern Region
- Pader – Northern Region
- Katakwi – Eastern Region
- Moroto – Eastern Region
In the LRICs, Legal Aid is offered to the communities. The aim of this is improve access to justice and legal protection of the rights of women, children and other vulnerable people.
ULA handles clients with land disputes. Initially most of these cases were resolved through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Cases that needed court action were handled through linkages with ULA’s Individual members who are Advocates. ULA has now started to recruit its own Advocates for in-house litigation. It is aimed that a higher percentage of litigation will be carried out by staff with only a less percentage reliance on external Advocates.
