The following persons are recognized as tenants or Kibanja holders before the law.

1. A person who settles or settled on land with the consent of the land lord.
2. A person who paid busulu and envujjo under the repealed busulu and envujjo law.
3. A person who by the enactment of the 1995 constitution of the Republic of Uganda had settled on land for a minimum of 12 years and above without any objection from the land lord.
4. A successor in tittle of all persons listed above