Decades of Waiting: Gulu Residents Frustrated Over Delayed Land Title Processing

“He told me, ‘This is a prime land, a very good plot. We can give you a freehold title instead of a leasehold, but there’s a condition,” Patrick says. That “condition” was a bribe: 20 million Uganda shillings. Residents accuse officials of demanding bribes, leaving hundreds of land titles pending, adding to the growing frustration. […]