Abstract:
Land related conflicts are the challenging worldwide problem to the sustainable development.
Currently, the population growth and land scarcity followed by the spirit of capitalism has made
human being selfish and thirsty for development that cause many families live in conflicts related
to land. The laws and regulations also that abolish the inheritance and land distribution of parents
to their children also increased tension of conflicts among family members.
The objectives of this research wereto assess the problem associated with trends made on land
laws and implementers that make land conflicts unresolved. To assess different conflicts that
occur in Gishamvu sector and how land laws are applied to solve these conflicts. Gishamvu
sector was taken as the case study though this problem does not be found only there, rather in the
whole country. The researcher used questionnaires; interview and the quantitative research
method were conducted to make the research more accurate.
In the research findings, the study found out that the respondents mostly those from rural areas
do not know their laws and rights of land. In rural areas, women are still victimized, where they
are not allowed to ask for land at the place of birth, and are not allowed to be inherited. The
illegal children countrywide according to the findings live in misery, homelessness and in cold
condition because there are no clear laws and regulations that give them rights to protect them. It
is also found out that young children who are about to land acquire are not for the new Rwandan
law that favor parents to give land to their children willingly and parents also criticized it of not
to be fair because it could cause conflicts among families in case parents give one children
bigger land than others or in case one children are given land while other are rejected, while
other the parents agreed with the laws.
The researcher suggested some recommendations that can reduce the land conflicts within the
community mostly in where the families are accusing each other and even those results in death.
The government was recommended to taking part in land conflicts management; Gishamvu
sector and Rwandan citizens also were recommended.
