Communities in Wajir County have been urged to accelerate the registration of their land to protect it from land grabbing, irregular allocation and exclusion from decisions affecting natural resources. Kenya Land Alliance (KLA) Chief Executive Officer Faith Allube says many pastoralist communities remain unaware that some of their land has already been gazetted, denying them an opportunity to take part in processes aimed at securing their tenure rights. Speaking in Wajir during a community engagement on land rights, Allube said six sub-counties in the county have been gazetted, yet residents in three of the areas visited by KLA had no knowledge of the development. “Most of the community members who are right-holders have no idea what is happening at county level, what has been designated as registered land, and how can they then take their place at the table and in policy action spaces,” she said. Allube said Wajir had one of the largest areas of community land in Kenya, but registration remained significantly behind because of historical marginalisation, limited resources, inadequate awareness and challenges associated with pastoralist lifestyles. According to her, he the assumption that pastoralists could not register land because of their nomadic way of life had contributed to delays in securing community land rights. “Wajir is among the counties that have taken a while to u...
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