Rwanda Land Management and Use Authority

Rwanda Land Administration and Use Authority is a key Institution set up to implement the National Land Tenure Reform Program as provided for by the National Land Policy and the Organic Law determining the use and management of land in Rwanda. This program aimed at improving land tenure security by putting in place an efficient, transparent and equitable system of land administration.

Cadastral surveys, mapping and land registration are the core components of land administration. The new and modern land administration is embedded in a broader land information system, fully co-ordinated and automated, without separation of land registration, cadastral surveys and mapping, because they complement each other; more importantly, they belong together as a whole. Countries that are very advanced in land information management and land administration systems have combined those components into a same and unique organisation.

This the case of Sweden (with “LÄNTMATERIET”, the Swedish Agency for Mapping and Land Registry), the Netherlands (with “Kadaster”, Dutch Agency for Land Registry and Mapping. Rwanda has done the same by establishing the National Land Centre/ Office of the Registrar of Land Titles as the national agency for land registry and mapping