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4 Nov 2016

Kenya: Report calls for better safeguards to ensure communities affected by land acquisition for investment benefit

A recent report by the Land Development and Governance Institute has revealed that legal and procedural barriers negatively impact local communities affected by the recent wave of land acquisition for infrastructural projects leaves local communities without solid ground for compensation due to weak land tenure system. It calls for better safeguards to protect the interests of local communities directly affected by these investments, including compensation. [refers to Dominion Farms]