This should imply that whatever happens, one must first understand the characteristics of customary tenure and THEN deliberately put in place mechanism for change. The principles of land tenure are connected to economic growth principles designed long before 1998 when the Land Act of Uganda was enacted. This in itself is a misunderstanding of management of customary tenure. However, it has been said so many times that it has now become truth and it is ingrained in the men's minds. In other words, not understanding customary tenure practices has produced its own negative impact.
Land is held in trust for the family and the future generation.
Despite this, the laws and the practice promote individual land holding. In a family there are more than one or two people. One cannot expect a poor family to go through the process of incorporation etc. I am tempted to say by this time, it is too late for women to gain anything useful. Hence the endless debates.