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    Land Registration and Certification in Meskan Woreda, Snnprs: Process, Status and Challenges
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-06) Amsalu, Melkamu; Adugna, Fekadu (PhD)
    This thesis examined the process of the second level rural land registration and certification in Meskan woreda,Gurage zone in SNNPRS. Focusing on the procedures followed, management of communal lands and rights of women and vulnerable groups during the process, data was collected using key informants interview, case study and document review. The theoretical framework which deals with the political economy of land in Ethiopia and the conceptual model comprised of legal and policy framework, institutional capacity and land registration and certification (in terms of input-throughput-output model) used to guide this research. The results of the data analysis shows that land registration and certification in the woreda is being guided by the Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation No. 110/2007 and Regulation No. 66/2007of SNNPRS in accordance with the national land policy. The findings showed that the extent of distributed certificates is less than half of the registered parcels in the woreda. It was understood that, certificate distribution couldn't exceed 45.3% of the registered parcels due to financial and technical constraints. Since there is no trend of recording transactions on holdings in the woreda, as time goes on, the credibility of the certificates that will be produced for the remaining parcels will largely be compromised. Even if the process followed clear procedures in some kebeles, the rush to grant certificates without clearly addressing the requirements of each procedure have resulted in post certificate complaints by landholders in the others. Unlike the case in monogamous marriages, which provided the right for women to have equal share of their possession with their husbands, the certification process in polygamous marriages is in favor of the men. Since men in polygamous marriages were registered either as first or second holder with both/all of their wives, and the women were registered as first or second holders on their respective holdings, it provided the men to have a share on all of their possessions while it has restricted each woman's share to limited possessions. In addition, lack of recorded boundary information on communal land that may serve as a reference to the registry staff, has induced communal land encroachment in the woreda. Finally, lack of awareness and less bargaining power have restricted some of the elders, orphans and disabled persons from participation in the process and even who got the certificates were abused either by their guardians or those who involved in land rent or share cropping