NLC receives 740 historical land injustice claims ahead of deadline

National Land Commission (NLC) Chairman Gershom Otachi (centre) flanked by commissioners Prof James Tuitoek, Tiya Galgalo, Reginald Okumu and Alister Murimi during a meeting organised to address Allocation and Repossession of Grabbed Land on July 21, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The National Land Commission (NLC) has so far received 740 complaints on historical land injustice.

The commission’s chairman, Gershom Otachi, said the deadline to submit such complaints expires on September 21. The exercise to submit the claims started in October 2017. As per geographical spread of the cases, the top three regions are Rift Valley (360), Central (114) and Coast (101).