Land for infrastructure development: compulsory acquisition and compensation of unregistered/undocumented land in Kenya | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
Marzo 2017
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Pages: 
44
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Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at transforming the country into a newly industrialized middle income country


and infrastructural development is high on the agenda to achieve this. Competing land uses and existing


interests in land make the use of eminent domain by government in acquiring land inevitable. However


most of the land earmarked for compulsory acquisition comprises of un- registered land whose interests


are not formally documented. Kenya has progressive statutes that provide for compensation of land that is


compulsorily acquired even where the owners/ occupants do not hold legal titles. The paper explores how


the government while implementing infrastructural development projects on land acquired using the


principle of eminent domain; was able to identify genuine land owners and holders of different interests,


value the land and award fair and just compensation. It looks at how grievances were resolved using


alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. It also explores the benefits negotiated for the affected


communities and safeguards being put in place to guide future compensations, protection of family


interests and ways of ensuring participation by women, the youth and vulnerable members of the


community.

Autores y editores

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

AGATHA WANYONYI, MONICA OBONGO, PETER MBURU, JANE NDIBA
Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, Kenya

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