In Uganda, landlords have a number of rights and remedies available when tenants fail to pay their rent or utilities. However, there are also strict legal restrictions.
Here is what landlords can and can’t do if a tenant does not pay their rent or utilities and what tenants can do if they are facing eviction.
What can’t landlords do?
As mentioned above, there are legal restrictions on what landlords can do if a tenant does not pay their rent or utilities. Landlords cannot:
- Lock tenants out of the property
- Change the locks on the property without providing the tenant with new keys
- Seize the tenant’s goods without a court order
- Intimidate or threaten the tenant
- Obstruct the tenant’s entry into the property
If a landlord does any of these things, they may be committing a crime.
