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The great land reform heist: Report accuses government officials of “enormous” fraud
A total of 42 people - including government officials - have been accused of orchestrating a corrupt land reform project worth hundreds of millions of rand.
A damning report for the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) has uncovered a huge network of fraud relating to land reform projects in South Africa, casting a shadow over the future of the ANC’s land redistribution plans.
Activists demand law to protect rights of fisherfolk
Claim coastal lands are being monetised through tourism
Various fishermen’s organisations on Wednesday demanded a Fishers Rights Act to protect interests of the marine fishermen, the communities which are not into active fishing, the coastal communities who depend on it and the coastal poor.
Such an Act would safeguard their lands, livelihood rights and habitat, said Jesurethinam Christy, convenor, Coastal Action Network (CAN).
Liberia’s community forestry becoming a front for deforestation: Report
- A report released by Global Witness late last year alleges that Liberia’s forestry laws are being “hijacked” by logging companies.
- These logging companies can potentially put vast areas of Liberia’s remaining rainforests at risk of large-scale deforestation.
- There’s historical precedent for the concerns under the current law: in 2012, Liberia was rocked by a scandal over permits meant to enable private landowners to enter into logging agreements with outside parties.
When Liberia emerged from its civil war in 2003, one of the fi
Residents of Shimoni in Kwale want 700 title deeds revoked
More than 8,000 residents of Shimoni in Kwale County want 700 title deeds issued last year by the government revoked.
Speaking to the Nation in Shimoni on Wednesday, the locals from eight villages said the issuance process was flawed and a new one should be initiated.
They said a complete survey to nullify other two previous surveys done on their land must be carried.
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The social, economic and political mischief around land in Kenya
Kenya’s land governance system is fashioned to facilitate land expropriation for the few and powerful who continue to resist reforms.
This is despite the fact that the dynamics of land reform are driven by apprehensions of mischief associated with the history that explains why the National Land Commission was established with mandate, independent of the Executive.
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From the British conquest, Kenya’s land governance system was never meant to be inclusionary and equitable.
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