Orengo invites experts to implement land reforms
By PETER ORENGO
Professionals will manage land issues once the new Constitution is fully implemented, Lands Minister James Orengo has said.
The minister said lack of co-ordinated land reforms had led to haphazard approach to land administration and management.
After the new Constitution is implemented, only land professionals from the public and private sector will be allowed to handle land issues.
"It is time for professional organisations to play their role as a catalyst in helping the landless access land," Mr Orengo said yesterday.
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Earn kickbacks
He said the current land administration has failed to transform because of the interests of the current bureaucracies.
"Bureaucracies often react against change for various reasons, including fear of the unknown, lack of information, threat to status and loss of opportunities to earn kickbacks. These are stock in trade challenges for change management," he said.
He said the ministry had established a Lands Reform Transformation Unit to prepare the ground for the implementation of land reforms.
The minister was speaking at a meeting bringing together stakeholders in the land sector, organised by the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) in Nairobi.
ISK Chairman Collins Kowuor asked Parliament to hasten the implementation of the new Constitution.
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