The Community Land Rights Recognition Model (CLRR) sequences specific actions to be undertaken by the Government of Kenya for the recognition of community land rights as stipulated by Article 63 of
the Kenyan Constitution 2010. This proposed process is a result of many months of consultation between
a team of Ministry of Lands officials, the SECURE Project (funded by USAID and implemented by Tetra
Tech ARD), four targeted pilot communities in Lamu County, local administration, and other stakeholders.
The process commenced with a review of the current processes used by the Ministry to adjudicate land rights
to coastal communities, namely the Squatter Settlement Scheme stemming from the Agriculture Act (Cap 318), and enhanced it with input from external consultants with specific experience in the recognition and delimitation
of community lands in Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and elsewhere. It has implications for how community land including pastoral land is registered, secured in future.
Community Land Rights Recognition (CLRR) Model