Land Tenure
Land in pre-colonial era was common land, and any untilled area belonged to the first person or family who tilled it, and it was passed on to sons. According to Kigangire, "land which had not been cultivated in the past could be tilled by any family, and, when once it had been tilled, the community regarded it as the property of the family whose ancestor first cultivated it." (Kihangire, p. 22). The traditional land tenure is still widely used in rural areas.
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