NLC Committee on historical land injustices kicks off investigations in Kisumu.
Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong'o meeting commissioners of the National Land Commission at his office today when they paid him a courtesy call-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.
By Dickson Odhiambo
August 16, 2018.
NLC Committee on historical land
injustices kicks off investigations in Kisumu.
The National
Land Commission Committee on Historical land injustices has commenced
investigations in Kisumu County.
The committee
is in Kisumu County for two days so as to listen to various claims on
historical land injustices lodged by a section of residents of Kisumu County.
Addressing
the press in Kisumu today after paying a courtesy call to Kisumu Governor’s
office, the Committee led by its Chairman Dr.Samwel Tororey said the hearing
commences today and will continue up to tomorrow.
The sittings
are conducted at Kisumu’s Social Hall for those two days.
Dr. Tororey
says the commission through the committee seeks to offer redress to citizens
who suffered historical land injustice between 15th June 1895 and 30
August 2010 as enshrined in the constitution of Kenya 2010.
“Section 15
of the National Land Commission Act as amended on August 30 2016 defines
historical land injustices as a grievance which was occasioned by violation of
a right in land on the basis of any law, policy, declaration, administration,
practice, treaty of agreement,” Dr. Tororey says.
He says upon
investigations of any claim of
historical land injustice, the Commission may recommend the following remedies
like restitution, compensation, resettlement, affirmative action, creation of
way leaves and easement among other remedies as stipulated in section 15{9} of
the National Land Commission Act.
Dr. Tororey
says during the National Land Commission hearings, both the claimants and
respondents together with their representatives make submissions to the
commission.
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