Land and Equity Movement in Uganda is a Ugandan Non-Governmental Organisation. We have been working since 2003 to uphold and secure the land rights of the most vulnerable people in Uganda, using our expertise in customary tenure.
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OUR VISION
An empowered and flourishing society with securely held and productive land.
OUR MISSION
LEMU supports vulnerable communities in Uganda to secure their land rights under customary tenure and to achieve sustainable and productive land use.
WHAT WE DO
In defence of customary tenure
Customary land ownership simply means that someone (or a group of people) owns or has rights to the land, because their community accepts that they all have rights to it…
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LEMU Promotes Responsible Investment on Land
The strategic approach of the project aims at strengthening the capacities of key stakeholders and improve investment inland.
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Championing Women’s Land Rights
Women’s land rights under customary tenure are widely misunderstood. Although the tenure incorporates protections for women, in some…
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Community land protection
To date, LEMU has successfully worked with a number of communities to document their own rules regarding the management of their communal land…
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LEMU ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
The Judy Adoko Inaugural Memorial Lecture and Workshop
On March 5, 2023, Judy Adoko, an intellectual, thinker, mentor, activist, and founding director of the Land and Equity Movement in Uganda (LEMU) rested. March...
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LEMU’s Response to Land Registration in Uganda
Question: Will government achieve its plan to have more people register their land if the process of land registration is shortened? Answer: The answer to...
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