KIGALI - The Director General of the National Land Centre, Dr. Emmanuel Nkurunziza said that land offices in the country lack professionals making it difficult for his institution to deliver services well.

"The recent national skills audit showed that the land sector lacks skilled labour,” Dr. Nkurunziza who is also the Registrar of Land Titles in the country said.

Nkurunziza said his office has showed the need and proposed to the National University of Rwanda (UNR) to offer courses related to land management.

"The officials working in land offices don’t have the required capacity to handle the available land issues in the country.”

He however said that they are still waiting for a reply from the national University.

Nkuruzinza said that some short term trainings have been organised and a few selected officials will soon be going to Nairobi to be trained in mapping.

Other similar short term trainings for three months will start next year to equip land officers with skills on how to handle issues related with land management.

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