Agrarian reforms and rural development : new challenges and options for revitalizing rural communities in Keya : an national report on Kenya
The Government of Kenya is a signatory to the Millennium Declaration made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000 adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) with clear targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women by 2015. The success of the rural economy has been faced by a number of constraints. Land is one of the most important resource in Kenya as is the base upon which activities like Agriculture are carried out. Inconsistent policies and poor implementation have compromised food security, employment and income. A national land policy formulation process is in the last stages of completion. The policy addresses access to land, land ownership, land use and environment. The proposed formation of a National Land Commission would enhance regulation and ensure land rights for all citizens. The national land policy recommends that the Government shall recognize and protect the land rights of all Kenyans regardless of gender or marital status and expand their enforceable legal rights of access, control, ownership and inheritance, access to credit and co-registration in all tenure systems.
Event: A vision for the future : International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
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