ABSTRACT
The urban population in Uganda is fast growing due to rapid rural–urban migration and this has resulted in informal settlements which accommodate a growing population which is mostly poor. Unfortunately, most people living in the informal settlements do not have secure land rights, since their rights to land are not well-defined, and this has led to tenure insecurity and also poor planning for such settlements. Different organizations have come up to help define different rights in the different informal settlements by using the Social Tenure Domain Model. While the initiative has been successful, it is not clear how it has impacted on the informal settlements, and even more so, on tenure security. Therefore, this research will seek to assess the role of the Social Tenure Domain Model in securing land rights based on the perceptions of the informal settlers. Methods to collect data will include review of literature, interviews, questionnaires, and focus group discussions. At the end of the research, it is expected that it will be known what the Social Tenure Domain Model has helped to do, and a comparison will be made of the applicability of Social Tenure Domain Model in different informal settlement.
