Despite the creation of the National Land Commission, historical land injustices at the Coast persist even as TJRC and Ndung’u reports remain untouched. When representatives of house owners without land presented their petition to the National Land Commission (NLC) on Wednesday, they hoped a dispute between them and absentee landlords could be resolved more than 150 years after they occupied the parcels. We have a National Land Commission (NLC) that is toothless while the devolved system of governance is in a mess,” says Grace Oloo, chair of the Mombasa Women For Peace. Yusuf Lule, the executive director of Human Rights Agenda (Huria), says interference by the Executive has seen NLC perform dismally, particularly in addressing historical land injustices and titling. “We will witness progress in land reforms at the Coast when our leaders relinquish the chunks of land they hold.

Source: Standard Digital August 28, 2020 21:00 UTC