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EUROPEAN UNION

MINISTRY OF LANDS & PHYSICAL PLANNING : ARDHI HOUSE, 1st Ngong Avenue ,Off Ngong Rd,
P.O. Box 30450-00100, Nairobi,Kenya. Telephone +254 202718050 / 204803886 email: info@ardhi.go.ke, Website: www.land.go.ke
ROLE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
COMMUNITY LAND ACT, 2016

CABINET SECRETARY (CS)- ROLE ADJUDICATION TEAM- ROLES ROLE OF COMMUNITIES


• Establish Community Land Registration Units Adjudication Officers, Surveyors, Planners COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY
• Designate Community Land Registrars (CLR) • Appoint 7-15 members of Community Land
• Cause preparation of inventory of unregistered • Delineate boundaries of community land
Management Committee (CLMC)
community land & group representatives • Establish different rights in community land
• Approve any allocation or conversion of community
• Initiate civic education on CLA • Oversee dispute resolution during adjudication
land
• Induction of CLMCs • Validate of claims of existing customary rights of
COUNTIES - ROLES
• Prepare comprehensive Adj. Programme in occupancy
consultation with counties and communities • Hold in trust all unregistered community land • Establish investment partnerships
• Issue notice of demarcation • Ensure any transactions on unregistered Community Community Land Management Committee (CLMC)
• Appoint Adjudication Officers for every Registration Land are undertaken in accordance with the Act
Unit • Apply for registration of community
• Hold in trust monies payable for Compulsory • Draft rules and by-laws of operation of the
• Designate Adjudication Teams
Acquisition of unregistered Community Land community
• Appoint adhoc dispute resolution committees
• Release to communities all monies payable for • Manage day to day activities on Community Land on
• Prepare an inventory of on-going land adjudication
programmes and gazette any extension to facilitate compensation for compulsory acquisition of behalf of Community
their finalization unregistered Community Land and interest upon • Maintain register of community
• Regulate use of community land as per Article66 of registration of communities • Maintain assets register
the Constitution • Record customary rights and allocation of
• Submit inventory of unregistered community land
community land
to Cabinet Secretary for registration of Community
COMMUNITY LAND REGISTRAR (CLR) • Cause preparation of physical development plans
Land for community land
• Register community • Prepare comprehensive Adj. Programme in • Cause preparation of physical development plans
• Register interests in community land consultation with Cabinet Secretary and for land to be allocated
• Convene inaugural community meeting to elect communities • Protect environment and natural resources
Community Land Management Committee (CLMC) • Approve physical developments for community and • Establish investment partnerships
• Maintain register of community land • Dispute resolution
• Undertake continuous awareness programmes
• Cause winding up of Group Representatives

MINISTRY OF LANDS & PHYSICAL PLANNING : ARDHI HOUSE, 1st Ngong Avenue ,Off Ngong Rd,
P.O. Box 30450-00100, Nairobi,Kenya. Telephone +254 202718050 / 204803886 email: info@ardhi.go.ke, Website: www.land.go.ke

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