KELIN and the National Land Commission hosted multistakeholder dialogues from 21^st to 25^th August 2023 in Kisumu and Homabay counties. In attendance were the County Executive Committee Members (CECM), Land registrars, Judiciary, National Government Administration Officers, Ministry of Lands, Law Society of Kenya, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Luo Council of Elders, Community Partners, CSOs and CBOs.

Misinformation, disinformation, and lack of general knowledge on claiming and protecting land rights featured as a major impediment to equitable land management. The CECM in Kisumu in his opening remarks observed the need to apply a gendered lens and human-centered approach on land management to protect vulnerable orphans and women being denied their land rights. On the other hand, CECM Homabay indicated that lack of awareness at the grassroots level is the major cause of land injustices.  

The land state and non-state actors resolved to form respective county land networks to champion the framework developed during the dialogues. The framework developed covers monitoring of the laws implementation and contribution to the legislative processes, such as the National Land Policy that is ongoing, sensitization and creation of public awareness materials as well as creating a movement of land actors mitigation pathway on land rights violations.

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Kenneth Otieno Akach

Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN)

Nyalenda Railways Estate, Block 9/220

Off Nairobi Road, Opposite YMCA

P.O. Box 7708| 40100 Kisumu – Kenya

Email: kotieno@kelinkenya.org

KELIN and the National Land Commission have planned to jointly hold land management stakeholder dialogue from 21^st to 25^th August 2023 in Kisumu and Homabay counties. Recent research has shown that Kenya’s land relations are undergoing dramatic alterations. This is because of both long-term socioeconomic change and deliberate policy choices. This, therefore, poses the need to consider socially desirable orientations of change, how change should be managed, and, most significantly, how and who should make such broad decisions. In this environment, the task of improving accountability in land and investment in governance is expected to remain a crucial domain for research and action in the coming years.

It is on this basis that the dialogues are planned between state actors and non-state actors to ensure meaningful involvement of women within decision-making spaces, including local and national policymaking; discuss and prefer review for land management regimes; stock take on lived realities on implementation of equitable land laws; and create interlinkages for stakeholders engagement to ensure the enjoyment of land rights for all.

To contribute to the discussions on this forum, follow KELIN on our social media platforms using the hashtag:

#StrategicPartnerships #EqitableLandRights

Twitter: @KELINKenya @SYFFKenya

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kelinkenya    https://www.facebook.com/SYFFKenya/

For more information, please contact.

Kenneth Otieno Akach

Program Officer, Women Land & Property Rights

Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN)

Nyalenda Railways Estate, Block 9/220

Off Nairobi Road, Opposite YMCA

P.O. Box 7708| 40100 Kisumu – Kenya

Email: kotieno@kelinkenya.org