According to the ndungu commission, nearly 200,000 illegal land titles were created between 1962 and 2002, 96% of these in 19862002 manji, whose land is it anyway. Forests, complaints from the public and detailed proposals on implementation of the commissions report. Devolving land governance national land commission. It seems to me that this would mean that 2 presidential candidates kibaki and raila would go in as would their main henchmen ruto, karume. Conducting officialpostal searches at the land registries 4. Past inquiries included the kiliku parliamentary select committee 1992, akiwumi judicial commission 1999, ndungu commission of inquiry into illegal and irregular allocation of public land 2004 and the truth, justice and reconciliation commission 20.
The commission of inquiry into the illegalirregular allocation of public land, which came to be known as the ndungu commission after the name of its chair, paul ndungu, was a. Updating the commission on the progress of the securities perfection. This theme is reflected in this 2015 2016 annual report, which serves not. Confirmation of the user of a property and that the same is not reserved for public use and or mentioned in the ndungu land report 7. Mol, morthage law, nairobi, national land commission, national land policy, national social security fund, ndungu commission, ndungu report. Crisis group on the long road to kenyas august elections. View test prep the criticism of the ndungu report1 from gpr 216 at university of nairobi. Bbi mombasa rally kicks off with calls for powerful pm. This promises land security for 6 to 10 million kenyans, most of who are members of pastoral or other poorer rural communities. Land reform in kenya had been on the drawing board for the last three decades informed by a number of commissions of inquiry notably,akiumi commission1999,njonjo commission2002 and. The commission shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name.
National land commission chairman muhammad swazuri speaking to the press on wednesday july 25. Juxtaposed alongside the lengthy piece on jomo kenyattas formative years by daily nations murithi mutiga titled jomo kenyattas troubled years in london that drove him to greatness is a piece in the standard titled trail of blood, big money in land scandals in kenya. The following summary of the report of the ndungu commission on illegal and irregular allocation of public land provides an insight into a critical, recent episode in the struggles over land and graft in kenya. Report of the commission of inquiry into the land law. Crisis group interview, governance expert, nakuru, april 2016. Review of african political economy, 103, march 2005, pp. Why not jail any direct benefeciary of land grabbing for 5 years. Kenya is the most recent african state to acknowledge customary tenure as producing lawful property rights, not merely rights of occupation and use on government or public lands. Our analysis in this first issue in the series covers karura, ngong road and kiptagich forests and suggests a loss of public resources in excess of ksh.
The ndungu report made several recommendations, including naming of beneficiaries of illegal and irregularly acquired property but has since been swept under the carpet. Zimbabwe land commissions annual report 2016 the constitution of zimbabwe amendment no. Ndungu land report the commission of inquiry into the illegalirregular allocation of public land, which came to be known as the ndungu commission after the name of its chair, paul ndungu, was a kenya government commission established in 2003. Land free fulltext the community land act in kenya. Forests, complaints from the public and detailed proposals on implementation of the commission s report. There shall be a commission to be known as the uganda land commission. It was focused on coming up with principles of a national land policy framework, the constitutional position of land and formulation of a new institutional framework for land administration. Former nlc boss swazuri arrested by the eacc in nairobi. This report whats the solution to the 2007 general elections.
The commission was formulated to inquire into the extralegal allocation of public lands and. Posts about ndungu report on land written by washingtonmosiro. These titles are held by politicians, high ranking civil servants, members of the judiciary, military officers, and lawyers, among others. The following summary of the report of the ndungu commission on illegal and irregular allocation of public land provides an insight into a critical, recent episode in. Report of the commission of inquiry into the illegal. Political economy of land reform implementation in kenya. The following summary of the report of the ndungu commission on illegal and irregular allocation of public land provides an insight into a critical, recent episode in the struggles over land and. Ndungu is a practising advocate in nairobi with over 30 years experience specializing in land law.
Report of the commission of inquiry into the illegalirregular allocation of public land in kenya presented to president mwai kibaki june 2004. Provision of expert advice and opinions on specific cases and transactions. He was a member of the commission of inquiry into the land law system of kenya, 19992009 njonjo land commission. Land registrar, county land registrars and land registrars appointed under the land registration act, 2012. This summary of the report of the ndungu commission on illegal and irregular allocation of public land provides an insight into a critical recent episode in the struggles over land and graft in kenya.
The following summary of the report of the ndungu commission on illegal and irregular allocation of public land provides an insight into a critical, recent episode in the struggles over land and graft. Companies, road bypasses, road reserves, municipalities, parastatals, ministries and settlement schemes. To put it in the latest context, it is first worth noting that on. The illegal and irregular allocations of public land as chronicled in the ndungu report amount to a ripoff that dwarfs the goldenberg and angloleasing scandals. The faces behind the countrys worst land grabbing scandals were unveiled yesterday when the government released the muchawaited ndungu report. The njonjo commission of inquiry into land law systems was a kenya government commission established in 1999. Report of the commission of inquiry into the illegalirregular allocation of public land. Zimbabwe land commissions annual report 2016 veritaszim. Issuance of professional undertakings on behalf of the commission whenever required 6. The environment and land court as one of the courts contemplated by article 1622 is a superior court just like its counterpart, the industrial court. The ndungu commission published its report in 2004, stating that illegal and irregular allocation of land was an important component of largescale official corruption, as individuals and corporations acquired land in illegitimate ways. Former nlc boss swazuri arrested over land compensation scam by tonny ndungu for citizen digital.
The commission of inquiry into illegalirregular allocation of public land 18 the remit of the commission 20 part two the approach 23 1. Commission of inquiry into the illegalirregular allocation of public land. The court is established under section 4 of the environment and land court act no. An act of parliament to make further provision as to the functions and powers of the national land commission, qualifications and procedures.
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