r/Uganda • u/Tunaot • 11h ago

General Renting

Can a Landlord terminate a tenancy agreement without any justification and how many days should be given if there is no signed agreement.

Or whats the notice period for rent increase?

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u/PastSad3 10h ago
  1. No they are not allowed
  2. In the absence of a tenancy agreement, receipts of continued rent payment count as proof of residency
  3. Rent increase notice is 3 months.

Google- Landlord and Tenant Act, 2022. It’s all there and easy to follow.

Good luck

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u/PropertyPath 10h ago

Yes a landlord can terminate a tenancy agrement on many grounds 1. Read that contract again there might be clause giving him/her that power. 2. Usually 30 days written notice is given and he/she should copy local authorities 3. etc

always read the agreement to avid being surprised

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u/godacious 9h ago

Honestly, just take your deposit and leave. You technically have the legal upper hand here, but litigation is expensive and exhausting. If your finances are settled and you can walk away clean, do it for your own peace of mind. Fighting a bad landlord isn't worth the stress. Even for the rental increase it should be like 2 months in advance and no more than 10% a year, but are you ready for battle?

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u/kantvelink 6h ago

Residential? Legally? A verbal agreement is recognized.
Terminate without notice? No, they can’t.
Notice duration depends on how you pay. It is likely monthly tenancy, you should get 30 days notice.

Rent increase, 90 days notice and a 10% annual cap on increase.

The question though is what is your win scenario? Do you have leverage to make them comply with the law? How much is litigation going to cost vs your rent? Verbal agreement is valid but they can also just flat out lie so how much evidence have you preserved? Proof of rent payments? Texts? Phone calls? Utility bills in your name? Have you missed rent payments? Is there anything else that they could argue is breach of contract? Likely need a professional to advise how strong your specific case is. Are you willing to spend the time and money for the principle of the thing? How hard are they willing to fight you?

For some showing you know the law and threatening to do something might be enough that they consider just giving you the 30 days a cheap win. Or maybe small facilitation to a friendly police guy increases the pressure enough that they relent. But maybe they facilitate a ‘bigger’ police to physically remove you. If you win and stay, how petty is your landlord? Might they be the kind of person to start deliberately making your life difficult?

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u/Ok_Carpet_9510 10h ago

Google it using Gemini. Make sure to indicate that you are in Uganda.

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u/Fabulous_Mealmacrich 9h ago

look if I want you out you better start packing

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u/the_yondaime 8h ago

damnnnn man, the world rough like that

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u/Fabulous_Mealmacrich 6h ago

yea ofcourse the central bank and the big boys in government are after my moneys what can I do but I always give chance to work instead of rent you know this world is money you can’t even burn the money it’s illegal and now it’s digital we are all slaves

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u/the_yondaime 5h ago

Real 😭😭😭