By BarefootLawyers.
After 4 years of living and working in Uganda, Uhuru committed a crime and he was arrested. After that, he was put on a plane and returned to his own country. The problem is while here, he had got some land, a car, and even the house where he was renting had a lot of his nice things that he did not want to lose. Uhuru is now wondering what will happen to all the things that he bought and owned. Should he give up on them as a loss or can they be sent to him in his own country?
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?.
The law says that any person is allowed to own property in Uganda. This is a human right. This means that whether a person is a Ugandan or non-Ugandan citizen, they have the right to own property in Uganda. For example, when we talk about buying land, a Ugandan can permanently buy and own the land, but a non-Ugandan can only temporarily own the land (This is called a leasehold of either 49 or 99 years)
As a non-citizen, when you are expelled from the country, your ‘temporary’ ownership (lease) does not end. It keeps on existing until its agreed time runs out. So, if you like, you can even sell it off to someone else so that you do not make a ‘total’ loss on it. The rest of the property such as cars and other smaller items remain yours that you can arrange to be delivered to you at your own cost or can be sold as well.
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