Regional voices, land rights and culture take centre stage at 2025 Community Land Summit

A team of partners make a declaration during the 2025 Community Land Summit held in Nairobi. The summit that brought together indigenous communities from 15 counties was also attended by delegates from South Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. The Summit, now in it 5th Edition, is hosted by IMPACT, Kenya.[Jayne Rose Gacheri,Standard]

More than 400 delegates from Kenya and across the East African region gathered in Nairobi for the 5th Annual Community Land Summit (CLS 2025), marking one of the most significant regional conversations on land rights, climate justice, pastoralism and indigenous community protection in recent years.

Participants drawn from over nine counties in Kenya, alongside representatives from Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Ethiopia, converged at the Kenya Institute of Monetary Studies (KIMS) for four days of intense dialogue, cultural celebration and policy engagement.