Aloys Mwezi’s stick-thin frame quivers with anger in the shadows of the acacia trees. He starts to shout, jabs a finger at the government official, and makes his argument once more. He should not have to share his farmland with his 14 relatives, he says, because he has a piece of paper from a Rwandan court confirming it all belongs to him.
“Yes sir, I know,” says the lady from the National Land Centre in Kigali, looking up from a bench piled high with ledgers marked “Claims Disputes”. “But now your relatives are making claims too, it may not be valid.” Mr Mwezi shakes his head and snatches back his piece of paper.
