From left: Kenya Bankers Association Representative Raymond Menje, Ministry of Lands Principal Secretary Nixon Korir, Ministry of Lands Cabinet Secretary Zachariah Njeru and Law Society of Kenya President Eric Theuri addressing journalists during a joint memorandum presser by the State Department for lands and physical planning and the Land Sector players on transitional measures to allow registration of Long-term leases during the Geo-referencing of the properties at Ardhi House, Nairobi on August 3, 2023.
The Community Land Act, 2016 came into force on September 21 that year, repealing Land (Group Representative) Act Chapter 287 of the Laws of Kenya (popularly known as Group Ranches and Trust Land Act (Cap. 288) and giving effect to Article 63 of the Constitution, which provides for classification of “Community Land”.
Three issues come to the fore: Recognition, protection and registration of community land rights; management and administration of community land; and the role of county governments in relation to the unregistered community lands and related issues.
