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    A Chronology of Land Use Accretion And Housing Policy In Nairobi

    Reports & Research
    December, 1987
    Kenya
    land use

    In the early days of commercial penetration of East
    Africa by the Europeans the present route to Uganda originating
    from the Kenyan Coast town of Mombasa was rarely used
    because of the difficulties experienced in sustaining long
    caravans over the arid Nyika Region between the Coast and
    the Kenya Highlands, and the hostility of tribes inhabiting
    this area - especially the Masai. Colonial penetration of
    the present area known as Kenya began about 1850 and intensified
    after 1883 when Joseph Thomson managed to cross Masai Land;

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    A Critical Analysis of the Extent to Which the National Land Commission Addresses the Land Question in Kenya.

    Reports & Research
    December, 2017
    Kenya
    land
    research

    The land question in Kenya has never been solved. Land is a pertinent source of livelihood, the problem has persisted and in a number of years caused chaos as people grow impatient. Over time, there have been complaints from various communities and recently, the past governments have sought to listen to the ailing communities. The National Land Policy and the National Land Commission characterize efforts to remedy the continued situation bedeviling the African communities.

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    Abundance And Diversity Of Soil Mites (acari) Along A Gradient Of Land Use Types In Taita Taveta, Kenya

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2011
    Kenya
    land use

    The abundance and diversity of soil mites was monitored along a gradient of land use types (LUTs) during the wet seasons in soils of Taita Taveta, Kenya. Sampling of mites from soils was carried out in eight LUTs which included maize-based system (Zea mays), coffee (Coffea Arabica), horticulture, napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum), fallow, pine (Pinus patula), cypress (Cypressus lusitanica), natural forest.

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    Access to Land, Income Diversification and Poverty Reduction in Rural Kenya

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2006
    Kenya
    poverty

    he increasing land scarcity and the worsening trend of poverty in Kenya in recent years have raised concerns about the focus on land-based agriculture as the basis of growth in the rural areas. This paper combines two complementary data sets obtained from two locations in Kenya, drawn against distinctively different land availability patterns, to examine the diverse rural asset base and key sources of livelihood in the rural areas.

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    Accounting for the subdivision and distribution of land by limited liability companies in Kenya

    Reports & Research
    December, 1981
    Kenya
    land
    research

    This study attempts to provide a conceptual insight
    into the various accounting/legal problems and complications
    that arise in the subdivision and distribution of land to
    the shareholders by limited liability companies in Kenya.
    The highlighting of the various accounting and legal
    problems apart, the study also attempt's to provide
    prescriptive accounting treatments to the various
    problematic land subdivision and distribution circumstances.
    The paper starts by providing a chronological account

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