1. LAND
MANAGEMENT
IN
KENYA
PRESENTATION
Group
two
Valentine
Atieno
NS/0052/010
James
Gitau
NS/0056/010
Martin
Kung’u
NS/0043/010
Michael
Mutuku
NS/0042/010
Moses
Owino
NS/0030/010
Judith
Torus
NS/0031/010
Edwin
Kedeng’e
NS/0093/010
NPL
407
PLANNING
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW

2. LAND
MANAGEMENT
IN
KENYA
An
Overview
of
current
practices
and
existing
policies
on
Land
Management
in
Kenya
Presented
by;
James
Gitau
&
Martin
Kung’u

3. RIGHTS
OF
OWNERSHIP
OF
LAND
Quan&ty
of
rights
that
different
tenure
systems
confer
on
individuals
or
groups
of
individuals

4. v
Leasehold
Tenure;
right
to
use
land
for
a
defined
period
of
&me
in
exchange
for
the
performance
of
certain
obliga&ons
e.g.
rent
v
Private
Land;
land
lawfully
held,
managed
and
used
by
an
individual
or
other
en&ty
under
statutory
tenure
RIGHTS
OF
OWNERSHIP
OF
LAND
CONT’D

5. v
Public
Land;
all
land
that
is
not
private
land
or
community
land
and
any
other
land
declared
to
be
public
land
by
an
Act
of
Parliament.
v
Community
Land;
Land
lawfully
held,
managed
and
used
by
a
specific
community
as
shall
be
defined
in
the
Land
Act
RIGHTS
OF
OWNERSHIP
OF
LAND
CONT’D

6. LAND
MANAGEMENT
KEY
AREAS
v
Land
Adjudication;
intended
to
ex&nguish
customary
tenure
and
replace
it
with
statutory
tenure
v Land
Market
operation;
deal
with
the
value,
transfer,
lease
and
mortgage
of
interests
in
land.

7. v
Inheritance
of
Land;
entails
the
transmission
of
land
rights
from
one
living
person
to
another
or
through
testate
or
intestate
succession.
v
Access
to
Land
by
Non-­‐Citizens;
non-­‐citizens
can
apply
for
and
be
allocated
land
for
any
permissible
use.
v
Access
to
Land
for
Investment;
secure
the
national
interest
and
confer
bene]its
to
local
communities
in
acquiring
investment
land
LAND
MANAGEMENT
KEY
AREAS
CONT’D

8. KEY
PLAYERS
&
ACTORS
IN
LAND
MANAGEMENT
District
Land
Board
Community
Land
Board
National
Land
Commission

9. INSTRUMENTS
AND
TOOLS
USED
IN
LAND
MANAGEMENT
GLOBAL
POSITIONING
SYSTEMS
v Finding
and
location
of
sensitive
land
marks;
v Keeping
track
of
the
locations
of
study
plots
that
have
been
established
to
monitor
forest
growth;
v Tracking
the
migratory
paths
of
species
Application
in
Environmental
Mngt;

10. Geographic
Information
Systems
It
is
a
system
designed
to
capture,
store,
manipulate,
analyze,
manage
and
present
all
types
of
geographical
data.

11. Applica&on
of
GIS
and
GPS
in
Land
Management
SEA, EIAs,
Environment
Audit
Soil
and
Water
Conserva&on
Measures
Forestry
Agriculture
Water
Resource
Solid
waste
Mngt.
Land
Mngt.
Restora&on
s
of
Wetlands

12. Policies
in
Land
Management

13. Policies
in
Land
Mngt;
v
Cons&tu&on
of
Kenya
v
Land
Policy
v
Physical
Planning
Act
v
Environmental
management
and
Coordina&on
Act
(EMCA,
1999)
v
Forest
Act
v
Water
Act
v County
Government
Act,
2012
v
Land
Act,
2012

14. SWOT
analysis
on
Land
Mngt;
Strengths
• Decentralized
services
to
the
county
level
•
Existing
legal
frameworks
•
Existence
of
institutional
set-­‐up
to
mainstream
cross-­‐
cutting
issues
•
Reform-­‐oriented
leadership.
• Existing
infrastructure
Weaknesses
• Uncoordinated
and
incoherent
land
laws
and
policies
• Weak
linkage
between
spatial
planning
and
national
development
planning
• Uncoordinated
and
incoherent
land
laws
and
policies
•
Poor
implementation
of
policies
and
laws

15. SWOT
analysis
on
Land
Mngt;
Opportuni&es
• Poli&cal
goodwill
•
Improved
accessibility
to
donor
resources
•
Increased
demand
for
land
services
• Enhanced
spa&al
informa&on
sharing
and
collabora&on
in
the
East
African
region
• On
going
public
sector
reforms
Threats
• Conflicts
in
land
use
paVerns
•
Poli&cal
interference
•
Vested
interests
on
land
•
Insecurity
land
tenure
• Illegal
and
irregular
land
alloca&ons
and
double
&tling
• Existence
of
too
many
statutes
on
land
administra&on

16. Recommendation
on
best
land
use
management
practices
v
Implementation
of
land
management
information
system
v Modernization
of
Land
registries
v Land
cover
and
land
use
mapping
v Repeal
and
harmonization
of
existing
land
laws

17. Recommendation
on
best
land
use
management
practices
cont’d
v Security
of
tenure
for
sustainable
development
v Land
use
planning
v Improve
work
environment
v Land
Banking