This Act amends the Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 to make provision for dealing with urgent matters arising in between annual State Conferences and to simplify the procedures for the election or appointment of directors of rural lands protection boards.

Amends: Rural Lands Protection Act 1998, No. 143. (2009-01-27)

This Act: confers powers upon the President of Kenya to grant title or other rights in Government lands; provides for the appointment of a Commissioner of Lands and such other officers as may be necessary for the administration of this Act; and defines procedures and other requirements such as registration in respect to grant of title or other rights in Government land.The Act consists of 146 sections divided into 11 Parts.The President may make grants or dispositions of any estates, interests or rights in or over unalienated Government land in accordance with section 3.

La présente loi détermine le régime de constatation, de détention, d'utilisation et d'exploitation des espaces fonciers du domaine rural des personnes publiques et privées. L'Etat détient les terres du domaine rural, et en assure l útilisation et la mise en valeur. Toutefois, le droit de requérir l'immatriculation est reconnu aux occupants du domaine rural qui, à la date d'entrée en vigueur de la présente loi, ont réalisé des constructions, installations ou des aménagements constituant une mise en valeur permanente.

Le présent décret modifie les dispositions du décret portant création de l'office national des terres agricoles, concernant son organisation et les modalités de son financement.

Modifie: Décret exécutif n° 96-87 portant création de l'office national des terres agricoles. (1996-02-24)

This Regional Law establishes payment for public or municipal plots of land allotted in ownership to natural persons for subsistence (family) farming, gardening and horticulture. Transfer in ownership of the aforesaid plots of land shall be based on cadastre value of land that however cannot be higher than standard price of land plots except for cases of purchase of land plots through auction sale or tender.

La presente Resolución aprueba el Reglamento de Inscripciones del Registro de predios, que regula los requisitos para la inscripción de los diferentes actos o derechos en el Registro de predios, las características de los documentos que dan mérito a las inscripciones y el contenido de los asientos registrales.

This Regional Law establishes minimum and maximum land area of land plots allotted to natural persons as follows: (a) for farming from 1 ha to 50 ha (with the consideration of specialization of farm, number of workers employed, land quality and other particulars); (b) for stockbreeding form 1 ha to 3 ha; (c) for gardening and suburban residential housing construction from 0, 04 ha to 0, 15 ha; and for horticulture from 0, 03 ha to 0, 15 ha.

This Act contains rules regarding the consolidation of agricultural land and redistribution of agricultural land for purposes of agricultural development and improvement of land use planning.

These Measures are divided into 8 Chapters: General Provisions (I); Ownership and Right to the Use of Land (II); General Plans for the Utilization of Land (III); Protection of Cultivated Land and Land Reclamation (IV); Land for Construction Purposes (V); Supervision and Inspection (VI); Legal Responsibilities (VII); Supplementary Provisions (VIII).Article 7 provides for lands which shall be under the collective ownership of farmers and herdsmen.

Article 4 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Maximum agricultural land area that can be allotted to peasant farm for farming shall be 100 ha”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 55-z "On turnover of agricultural land". (2011-04-05)

This Act regulates various aspects of the management and handling of agricultural properties in order to ensure an ecologically friendly impact of agricultural activities safeguarding proper agricultural production, development of rural areas, etc. (art. 1). Agricultural properties shall be notified and registered. The Act also lays down rules relative to transfer of agricultural properties (Chapt. 7) and regulates certain aspects of ownership (Chapt.s 7, 8 and 9). Chapter 12 concerns joint agricultural properties and leases.

This Regional Law establishes that plots of agricultural land within the boundaries of inhabited areas and destined for agricultural production allotted on lease on condition of permanent (open-ended) land tenure as a result of renewal of lease contract or renewal of the right of hereditary possession of such land with the right of lease can be purchased in ownership by lease holder at the cost of 15 percent of cadastre value of such plots of land.