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Highlight the establishment and jurisdiction of the Land tribunals

      

Highlight the establishment and jurisdiction of the Land tribunals.

  

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Maurice
The Land Tribunals
These are tribunals created by the Land Disputes Tribunals, Act, 1990, to entertain civil
disputes relating to:
(i) Division of land

(ii) Determination of boundaries to land including land held in common.

(iii) Claim to occupy or work land.

(iv) Trespass to land.

The jurisdiction of these tribunals is restricted to disputes relating to agricultural land.

Cannot entertain statute barred actions or disputes which have been heard and determined
by any court.

There is a land disputes tribunal for every district (registration district)in Kenya. It consists
of:
(i) A chairman appointed by the District Commissioner from a KASNEB PANEL of
elders appointed by the minister for each district.

(ii) Either two or four elders selected by the district commissioner from a KASNEB
PANEL of elders appointed by the minister.

(iii) The tribunals applies African customary law.

(iv) Decisions are written, signed by all members and filed with the Resident or
District Magistrates court.

(v) Appeal lies to the Land Disputes Appeals Committee.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on April 27, 2018 at 05:36


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