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The alleged acquisition of 3.1 million-acre block of land for oil exploration in Ngamia-1 of Turkana County has once again exposed widespread abuse of communal lands.
In Kenya, communal lands ownership is vested in the county councils under the Trust Land Act (Cap 288). However, this kind of land tenure system has for a long time been open to abuse where trust lands are fraudulently sold and sub-divided. I presume this will change after new land legislations are enacted.
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