Kenya Land Policy Making, Implementation and Outcomes:This Far

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  • Odenda Richard Lumumba Kenya Land Alliance PhD candidate at the University of the Western Cape

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v3i1.17826

Keywords:

Land Policy, making, implementation and outcomes, framework and guidelines on land policy in Africa, political economy theoretical perspective

Abstract

Ten years ago, Kenya made a land policy[1] to secure land rights, promote economic growth, investment and reduction of poverty. This paper seeks to examine how the policy has fared towards improvement of livelihoods, establishment of an accountable and transparent institutional system. The paper looks at three processes of making, implementation and outcomes of the Policy that are interlinked, yet requires to be separated so as to come to terms with what has happened to the land sector in Kenya. Land policies are shaped by stakeholders, but the implementation is through political and administration mechanism of the governments, whose agencies coordinate their activities towards a common end. Thus, there is a need to build bridges between the three processes as a social engineering exercise towards a transformative sustainable pathway.
Keywords:

Land Policy, making, implementation and outcomes, framework and guidelines on land policy in Africa, political economy theoretical perspective


 


[1] Republic of Kenya Ministry of Lands (2009), Sessional Paper No. 3. Of 2009 on National Land Policy, Nairobi, Government Printer.

Author Biography

Odenda Richard Lumumba, Kenya Land Alliance PhD candidate at the University of the Western Cape

Odenda Lumumba is a land rights activist and a founder Co-ordinator of the Kenya Land Alliance, a Policy, Land Laws and Institutional Reforms Advocacy Network. He is enrolled for PhD in Land and Agrarian Studies, holds a Masters of Philosophy in same field from the University of the Western Cape. He has co-authored book chapters on Land and Sustainable Development in Africa and The Global Land Grab: Beyond the Hype. Co-authored an article on Reform and counter-reform in Kenya’s land governance in the Review of African Political Economy, 2017.

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Published

31-01-2020

How to Cite

Lumumba, O. R. (2020). Kenya Land Policy Making, Implementation and Outcomes:This Far. African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 3(1), 143–156. https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v3i1.17826

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Vol. 3 No. 1: January 2020, Special Issue 1 on Land Policy in Africa

Section

Land Policy and Regulatory Framework

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