Gov’t to adopt e-registration of land
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The government has begun a plan to implement e-registration of land to expedite the land management system in the country.
Speaking after the ceremony in which it signed the deal on Thursday, Michael Chaingiek, the Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development said the digitalization of the land registry will resolve the perennial land dispute in the country.
“This project, first of all, is going to contribute positively to our economy and solve so many problems that have been so persistent especially the issues of land.
“Disputes among people, mistrust of the owners, and corruption within the land management system. All this will be dealt with once and for all when this project is implemented,” he said.
Louis Kouth, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development, said the project will be implemented across all the states to avoid further land disputes.
“This project is a very important project and it is a national project for the whole of South Sudan. The ministry of land, housing and urban development are committed at its higher level to ensure that a good system of the land registry is set up in the country that is digitalised, and free from errors,” Kouth said.
Land dispute is one of the contributing factors of conflict in the country since independence.
Traditional chiefs in Central Equatoria State had submitted their petition to Governor Emmanuel Adil in February to stop illegal land grabbing in the State.
The chiefs had accused armed individuals, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and some armed groups of orchestrating the land grabbing in the villages of Mogiri, Bilinyang, Garbu, Kubir Timan and Gumbo.
In March this year, 45 suspected land grabbers were arrested by police for illegally demarcating land in Mangalla County of Central Equatoria State.
In August 2021, unidentified armed men broke into a residence in Tongping at night and forcefully evicted the owners.
Several land related-insecurity incidents have been reported in Juba within the areas of Tongping, and Sherikat that involved armed personnel.
