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Portland suffers blow in land grabbing suit
A court has dismissed case filed by loss-making East African Portland Cement Company challenging recommendations of the Ndung'u Land Commission Report on inquiry into the illegal and irregular allocation of public land.
In the report released 17 years ago, the Commission recommended revocation of titles allocated to the cement maker for 22 land parcels in Machakos and Kajiado counties.
Ogieks lay case for Mt Elgon Forest reoccupation
A three-judge bench has begun hearing a petition in which the Ogiek community has sued the government for evicting them from Mt Elgon Forest.
The Ogiek community living in Chepkitale in Mt Elgon Forest says the government erred in evicting them from the land and gazetting it as a national game reserve.
Community members say they have occupied the land since 1932 after colonialists chased them away from their farms in Trans Nzoia.
Their case is being heard by judges Boaz Olao, Stephen Kibunja and Nelly Matheka.
Most Kenyans say Land court services expensive
The majority of Kenyans are perturbed by the high cost of seeking justice in the Environment and Land court, a new survey shows.
The study by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI) shows that nearly nine in ten Kenyans (86 percent) see the cost as high, effectively making it difficult for them to secure justice.
Lengthy litigation at Kenya’s courts increases legal and court fees paid by litigants to courts or layers.
“However, 14 percent of the respondents felt the cost of seeking justice was affordable,” the LDGI report says.
Mauritanie : la campagne d’accaparement des terres de la Vallée est lancée
Dans une interview accordée récemment à un hebdomadaire étranger, Monsieur Ousmane Kane, ministre des Affaires économiques et de la promotion des secteurs productifs affirme être «en train de travailler avec la Banque mondiale afin d’attirer le privé international pour investir dans l’agriculture» mauritanienne.
Samia revokes title deeds for 11 farms
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has revoked title deeds in respect of 11 farms with a total of 24,119 acres in Kilosa District, Morogoro Region which would be allocated to the people to be used for various activities including farming and livestock keeping
The president has also endorsed the revival of 49 farms on 45,788.5 acres that were nationalized, but the residents had no certainty of their status to the now dormant farmland, where a huge chunk of the farmland will be allocated to residents in the area for farming purposes.
Why it’s time we woke up and listened to the ocean
The importance of protecting biodiversity is not lost on Tanzanians. Our country is well known for its incredible beauty and diverse ecosystems: home to an incredible 24 percent of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
Tanzania: Rice Farmers Lose Appeal Against Kapunga Project
SOME famers from Mbeya Region have lost an appeal case, seeking to invalidate the High Court's decision on demand over 1bn/- as compensation and damages against Kapunga Rice Project, which was accused of maliciously damaging their rice.
This follows the decision of the Court of Appeal to "strike out" for being time barred the appeal lodged by five farmers, the appellants, who had sued, by way of representative suit, the Kapunga Rice Project, the respondent, before the High Court at Mbeya.
JPM senses foul play in land deal
PRESIDENT John Mangufuli has smelt a rat in the distribution of 5,975 hectares of land repossessed from Kaunga and Mbarali rice farms and directed Mbeya regional authorities to submit the names of all beneficiaries to his office. The land in question meant for ditribution to villagers in the area but President Magufuli suspected that it could have landed in wrong hands.
L’accord chinois pour la construction d’un port de pêche en Sierra Leone rencontre une résistance
La Sierra Leone a accepté de vendre 250 acres [100 ha] de plage immaculée et de forêt tropicale à la Chine dans le cadre d’un accord de 55 millions de dollars qui verrait un port de pêche industriel construit sur le site.
AFRIQUE/UGANDA - Les accaparements de terres et les expulsions forcées d'agriculteurs se sont multipliés pendant le confinement imposé par Covid-19
Kampala (Agence Fides) - " La situation s'aggrave alors que les populations de districts entiers sont déplacées de force de leurs terres. Les expulsions forcées indiquent clairement que les droits des personnes sont violés", indique un rapport du Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), un organisme de recherche parrainé par la Conférence des Evêques catholiques d'Afrique australe (SACBC), sur les actions d'accaparement des terres au détriment des populations locales sur le territoire de l'archidiocèse de Gulu, dans le nord de l'Ouganda.