Jijjiiramoota Bu‘uuraa Labsiin Haaraa Bulchiinsaa fi Itti Fayyadama Lafa Baadiyyaa Naannoo Oromiyaa Lakkoofsa 248/2015 of Keessatti Hammate

Abstract

In any country, land is a fundamental natural resource that deserves proper regulation. In Ethiopia, it is regulated both by constitution and other laws at federal and state levels. The state of Oromia had Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation No.130/1999 (hereinafter―the previous proclamation). This law had been in force for more than 15 years. Now, it is repealed and replaced by another Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation No.248 /2015 E.C (hereinafter ―new proclamation). The new proclamation has come up with major changes which are new additions or existing modifications. The main purpose of this piece is to introduce some of these major changes. Accordingly, the new proclamation made changes on definition of rural land, separately treated the concepts of land holding rights and land use rights, set conditions of land acquisition and transfer, set conditions of extinction of landholding rights, provided possibilities of attaching land use rights to borrow money from financial institutions, regulated rural lands delimited under urban land, and improved mechanisms of dispute resolution.