{UAH} OPERATION STOP RENTING"
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OPERATION STOP RENTING"
Kikungwe has been renting since before the lockdown, and things have not gotten any easier. Each year the landlord keeps increasing rent. He cannot even build an additional room in his house for his mother-in-law to sleep in. He has decided that this is the year for "Operation Stop Renting". Matthew told him to get a "kibanja" just like him, but Kikungwe got confused because he thought "kibanja" meant a plot of land.
WHAT IS A KIBANJA?
A Kibanja is a piece of land owned according to the customs of the community where it is located. It means that you, as the person who now owns it, must continue to pay Busuulu (a ground rent) to the owner of the land.
This is because a Kibanja is part of a larger plot of land with 'an original' owner who allows you to use the land as your own. This person retains ownership of the overall land, which means you cannot sell that land without getting permission from the original owner. However, this owner also cannot sell the land where your kibanja is without first giving you a chance to buy it from them.
To become the 'real' owner, you must 'buy' out the 'original' owner so that they can hand over total ownership and the rights to the land so that you can take it as your own.
Nonetheless, as long as you are paying the Busuulu, you can leave this land to your children and their children without asking anyone for permission.
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-- Kikungwe has been renting since before the lockdown, and things have not gotten any easier. Each year the landlord keeps increasing rent. He cannot even build an additional room in his house for his mother-in-law to sleep in. He has decided that this is the year for "Operation Stop Renting". Matthew told him to get a "kibanja" just like him, but Kikungwe got confused because he thought "kibanja" meant a plot of land.
WHAT IS A KIBANJA?
A Kibanja is a piece of land owned according to the customs of the community where it is located. It means that you, as the person who now owns it, must continue to pay Busuulu (a ground rent) to the owner of the land.
This is because a Kibanja is part of a larger plot of land with 'an original' owner who allows you to use the land as your own. This person retains ownership of the overall land, which means you cannot sell that land without getting permission from the original owner. However, this owner also cannot sell the land where your kibanja is without first giving you a chance to buy it from them.
To become the 'real' owner, you must 'buy' out the 'original' owner so that they can hand over total ownership and the rights to the land so that you can take it as your own.
Nonetheless, as long as you are paying the Busuulu, you can leave this land to your children and their children without asking anyone for permission.
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Allaah gives the best to those who leave the choice to Him."And if Allah touches you with harm, none can remove it but He, and if He touches you with good, then He is Able to do all things." (6:17)
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