1. Danilo Antonio: UN-Habitat/GLTN Nelson Marongwe: UN-Habitat/GTN
Securing LAND within the Continuum of Land Rights Approach Innovations from Kenya and Uganda
Danilo Antonio: UN-Habitat/GLTN
Nelson Marongwe: UN-Habitat/GTN
Hellen Nyamweru: UN Habitat/G:TN
Julius Okello: AISRGD

2. THE Continuum of land rights
The continuum of land rights is not a theory, it is rather a powerful concept, or metaphor, for understanding the diversity of existing land tenure arrangements
Rights to land are regarded as lying on a continuum between informal and formal
In between, lies a wide and complex spectrum of rights
In practical terms, how does this work?

3. Urbanization Context in Kenya and Uganda

4. THE INTERVENTIONS

5. THE PARTNERSHIPS

6. THE INTERVENTIONS

7. COMMUNITY MEMBERS TAKING THE LEAD!
THE PROCESS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TAKING THE LEAD!

8. EMERGING OUTCOMES 1. Better Engagement with Authorities
Community in informal settlements use of GLTN tools has aided in their organization to interact with central and local government authorities in pursuit of, inter alia; secure land rights over the land that they occupy, (Kwa Bulo, Mashimoni, Mnazi Moja, Mission cell etc.)
Government are using information generated using STDM and participatory enumerations to sensitize communities on planning regulations (Mashimoni, Mission cell)
In Uganda, information from communities has been used to steer discussions on development in the settlement and municipal development forums

9. EMERGING OUTCOMES 1. Better Engagement with Authorities
In Kenya, national responses; KISIP in Kenya; TSUPU and USMID in Uganda; supportive of the upgrading of informal settlements
Mombasa County government has endorsed local initiatives (participatory enumerations and STDM) and embedded this in the legal, institutional and governance environment by drafting the Mombasa County Land policy
County Government of Mombasa has cooperated with the STDM issuance of Certificates of Occupation for documenting settlers’ rights to structures and land.

10. EMERGING OUTCOMES
2. Improved perception on tenure security
“STDM data gives chance to women to prove ownership of property in the same way as men because it records these structures, pieces of land etc. and shows who has rights on that property”
Communities acknowledge the significant role of the interventions in improving their land tenure security situation
“…we are happy because with STDM, data is stored in a system and can be backed up in many formats. A book might get torn but with STDM recorded data means it will always be there as a back up to land claims that come about,”

11. EMERGING OUTCOMES
3. Learning Centers for Sustainability
Local governments have granted communities office space to set up STDM learning centres which serve as anchors of learning and activity, as well as broadening the appreciation of GLTN land tools by both community and the government.

12. EMERGING OUTCOMES
4. Increased Visibility of Residents of Informal Settlements
Enumeration surveys and mapping has increased visibility of residents of informal settlements to both government and service providers.
Through these maps, governments are appraised of the status in informal settlements
Communities have earned a voice that governments and planning authorities can no longer ignore
In Mashimoni, an access road passing through the settlement has been a major breakthrough in terms of opening up the settlement for more development
In Mnazi Moja, residents have acquired water as a result of negotiations with the County Government of Mombasa using enumeration data from the settlement

13. EMERGING OUTCOMES 5. Integrated and inclusive planning of cities
Implementation of the interventions has enabled the slum dwellers and municipal councils to plan together on how the informal settlements should be upgraded; developing realistic slum upgrading plans

14. EMERGING OUTCOMES
5. Improved Management of Local Land Records
Improved management of local land records; community members now identify their settlement boundaries and services within.
Generated maps show settlement boundaries, services distribution, road network pattern and development proposals
Communities can now manage and update local transactions, especially transactions on the change of ownership of land/structures following market sales

15. The Continuum of Land Rights Concept at Work

16. The Continuum of Land Rights Concept at Work

17. Website: www.unhabitat.org
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