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The National Lands Commission (NLC) of Kenya has allowed big multinational companies in tea to give Kipsigis and Nandi communities to give unused or surplus tea estates
The National Lands Commission (NLC) of Kenya has allowed big multinational companies in tea to give Kipsigis and Nandi communities unused or surplus tea estates.
In a Gazette notification, NLC said that a survey should be done on lands owned by the tea estates to identify surplus or residue lands. Such parcels of land should be given to the local communities by allowing them to form a trust monitored by the county governments. It also directed the owners of the community parcel of land to sign a memorandum of Understanding with the multinational companies for effecting the land handover
The NLC warned that the renewal of leases on the land will be withheld until an agreement is reached between the two parties. Hailing this as a major breakthrough of the county governments of Kericho and Bomet that were representing the Kipsigis, Talai, and Borowo clans against the colonial government and the Kenyan government, the NLC said that the move would make local tribal people stakeholders in development.
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NLC also observed that the rents and lease amount being paid by the multinational tea estates should be enhanced to benefit national and county governments. It also ordered that all 999-year-old leases should be converted to the Constitutional requirement of 99 years. NLC also said that a similar scheme should be made for the tribal community residing in Talai of Nandi, by conducting a resurvey of the land residue. Extra tea lands should be given to them and suggested the institution of scholarships to educate Talai children by the multinationals holding the land.
