Government Launches Land Reforms in Several Counties[LIST]​​

Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing, and Urban Development, Alice Wahome, announced that the government has launched the government’s adjudication programme in counties aimed at recognizing and securing land rights for communities.

The programme will not only to resolve long-standing land disputes but also to unlock unprecedented economic opportunities and development for the region.

The government will begin surveying, mapping, and documenting the undeclared lands under the Community Land Act

Garissa County, residents of Garissa Township, Balambala, Lagdera, Dadaab, Fafi, and Ijara will benefit from the programme.

A total of 4,414,360 hectares of land will be reserved as public land across various areas: 65,610 hectares in Garissa Township, 490,100 hectares in Balambala, 651,870 hectares in Lagdera, 678,140 hectares in Dadaab, 1,546,900 hectares in Fafi, and 981,740 hectares in Ijara. This program does not include national reserves or existing towns.

“Cabinet Secretary shall proceed to publish the notices of the intention to survey and demarcate for registration of communities and community land in the Schedule in accordance with Section 8(4) of the Community Land Act and any other law relating to adjudication of titles to land,” the notice continued.

Turkana County has identified 94 communities in Turkana North where the programme will take place. Most of the land will be documented as grazing land, educational institutions, settlement land, mining, artisanal mining, and fishing lands.

In Turkana, these lands exclude the Kakuma and Lodwar municipalities and Lokichoggio Township.

In Bungoma County, the government has identified the Chepkitale Ogiek/Ndorobo community land in Mt. Elgon Constituency.

Instead, the process aims to clarify land boundaries and ownership, ensuring that everyone knows what is recognized as community land and what is designated as public land or national reserves

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