1. Panel Findings
Moving towards real time in land governance monitoring in a decentralised setting: Rwanda’s experience
Grace Nishimwe
Washington, 20th March 2017

2. Context
All land registered and mapped (11.4M registered; 8.6M collected by owners)
Land Registry: LAIS
Land ownership: proportion of land owned by women/men; size; location etc
Land market: sale prices, mortgage, size, location
Land use: proportion of land by types of use, land use change history (e.g from agriculture to residential); proportion of current land use versus proposed land use s
Proportion of land under disputes
Proportion of land expropriated
Land transactions: proportion of land transferred through inheritance, sale, exchange, ect
Taxation: Proportion of and where property tax and ground rent is required
Decentralization
LAIS in 30 Districts
Land services in 416 Sectors
Monitoring

3. Transactions recorded-2016

4. Transaction values – Sales
District
Year
2015
2016
Nyarugenge
12,093,022,046.00
21,594,800,498.00
Kicukiro
189,672,887,687.00
64,131,979,080.00
Gasabo
1,195,970,630,527,180.00
2,394,454,362,257,510.00

5. Map 2

6. Map 1

7. Land administration data used to support other sectors

8. Linking land administration to land use www.masterplan2013.kigalicity.gov.rw

9. Easy access to land information

10. Applicants can track their applications
Tracking number issued
Applicant’s contacts and land details are recorded

11. Application history

12. Advantages of LQNS Quick submission of applications
Tracking of land applications
Analysis and management reports-automated queries;
Reduces paperwork needed
Efficiency in service delivery