Evaluation

During my DT project we had to go through all the stages of the Design Cycle which are Investigation, Design, Plan and Create. We were told to get into groups of 3, my group included of Harshnee, Faith and I.

Investigate Stage
In the Investigation stage we did a good job as we got a 5 out of 6. We could have done better by getting a 6 although not everyone in the group was doing something. So we were missing out on something which we assigned one of the group members to do. This made us loose marks because we did it in a rush and that made us hand it in late and not do a very good job in it.

Design Stage
In the Design Stage we did a very good job as we got full marks. This is because we all worked together to create a good mini-product of our Marine Vessel out of paper. This was product was going to look like out final product. In Design Stage everyone contributed as we each made our own design on Google SketchUp and we also wrote very good justifications to our Design. In this we all contributed in both making the Designs on SketchUp and also making our final design on the paper.

Plan Stage
In the Planning stage we did a good job also because we got 5 out of 6. We could have achieved full marks if we all contributed to the work and we put more tiome into doing the work. We didn’t answer one bit of the question because we didn’t understand what we had to do clearly. This caused us to achieve low marks in our work.

Create Stage
In the Create Stage everyone contributed to the boat as we were making our final product. We had to make our Hull with Plastic. Faith drew the designs on the Acrylic and Mr. Wafula and I cut the Acrylic in one lesson. Harshnee unfortunately was sick and couldn’t help us. Although the next lesson we were smoothening the sides and Harshnee helped us in doing that and also using the Line- Bender the bend the edges.
We haven’t completed our product due to the lack of time and lessons, but it seems like it is coming out good.

Influence on choice of hull

When making our boat we decided to use a V-shaped hull because we wanted our boat to move fast and be similar to a Speed Boat. Most Speed Boats have a V-shaped hull. This made us decide to use a V-shaped Hull. Speed Boats normally use V-shaped hulls because they cut through the water enabling the water to go faster.
We decided to use a V-shaped hull because we needed the boat to go fast as we were going to be testing it in the Swimming Pool in our school. We would have a race against our classmates Marine Vessels and find out the winner.

Types of Marine Vessels

What is a Marine Vessel?

A Marine Vessel is basically a watercraft that can move across or even through water, it can only move in water not out of water. The water maybe fresh or salt it wouldn’t make a difference. This could be for pleasure, recreation, physical exercise, transport and military missions.

Types of Marine Vessels

I will be focusing on 4 types of Marine Vessels which are:

1. Yacht
2. Ferry
3. Fishing Boats
4. Speed Boats
   

Yacht
This is a very luxurious type of boat mostly used for recreation purposes.

Ferry
This is a type of Ferry which is used as a form of transport. It can carry both passengers and cars.








Fishing Boats

These are boats that are used when going Deep Sea fishing.

Speed Boat
This is a speed boat which is noramally used for recreational purposes.










References:

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1/3084687-Ferry_across_the_Likoni_river-Mombasa.jpg

http://www.binbin.net/photos/generic/rib/rib-powerboat-blast.jpg

http://www.binbin.net/photos/generic/rib/rib-powerboat-blast.jpg

http://www.google.co.ke/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=yacht&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Palestines in Israel

The Land Ownership doesn't only happen in Kenya, it happens all over the world. This video from YouTube, talks about the Palestines that are getting killed in Israel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4E4-RZ28j8

Bibliography

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfQWsLP24rs
The Kenyan Draft Consitution
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Legislation on Land, Environment and Natural Resources and Enforcement of Environmental Rights

Legislation on land

Parliament will:

· Revise, consolidate and rationalize existing land laws.

· Revise land use laws in accordance with the principles.

· Enact legislation to prescribe minimum and maximum land holding acreages in respect of private land to regulate the recognition and protection on matrimonial property and in particular the married home during and on the termination of marriage to protect, conserve and provide access to all public land.

· To enable the review of all grants or dispositions of public land to establish their propriety or legality to protect the dependants of deceased people holding interests in any land, including the interests of spouses in actual occupation of land.

Environment and natural resources

Obligations in respect of the environment

The state will:

· Ensure the sustainable exploitation, utilization, management and conservation of the environment and natural resources and ensure that the equitable sharing of the increasing benefits.

· Work to achieve and maintain a tree cover of at least ten per cent of the land area of Kenya.

· Protect and enhance intellectual property in, and original knowledge of biodiversity and the genetic resources of the communities and encourage public participation in the management, protection and conservation of the environment.

· Protect genetic resources and biological diversity and establish systems of environmental impact assessment, environmental audit and monitoring of environment eliminate processes and activities that are likely to endanger the environment and utilize the environmental and natural resources for the benefit of the people of Kenya.

· Every person has a duty to co-operate with State organs and other people to protect and conserve the environment and ensure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources.

Enforcement of environmental rights

If a person claims that a right to clean and have a healthy environment recognized and protected is being, or is likely to be denied, violated, broken or threatened that the person may apply to.

Regulation of land use and property and National Land Commission

Regulation of land use and property

The state may regulate the use of any land, or any interest in or right over any land, in the interest of defense, public safety, public order, public morality, public health or land use planning.

The parliament will perform legislation ensuring that investments in property benefit local communities and their economies.

National Land Commission

The National Land Commission is established. The functions of the National Land Commission, is as follows:

· To manage public land on behalf of the National and country governments.

· To recommend a national land policy to the national government.

· To advise the national government on a complete programme for the registration of title in land throughout Kenya.

· To carry out research related to land and the use of natural resources and to make recommendations to appropriate authorities.

· To start investigations on its own or on a complaint into present or historical land injustices and recommend appropriate redress.

· To encourage the application of tradition dispute resolution mechanisms in land conflicts.

· To assess tax on land and premiums on immovable property in any area designated by law and to monitor and have oversight responsibilities over land use planning throughout the country.

· The National Land Commission may perform any other functions prescribed by national legislation.

Regulation of land use and property and National Land Commission

Regulation of land use and property

The state may regulate the use of any land, or any interest in or right over any land, in the interest of defense, public safety, public order, public morality, public health or land use planning.

The parliament will perform legislation ensuring that investments in property benefit local communities and their economies.

National Land Commission

The National Land Commission is established. The functions of the National Land Commission, is as follows:

· To manage public land on behalf of the National and country governments.

· To recommend a national land policy to the national government.

· To advise the national government on a complete programme for the registration of title in land throughout Kenya.

· To carry out research related to land and the use of natural resources and to make recommendations to appropriate authorities.

· To start investigations on its own or on a complaint into present or historical land injustices and recommend appropriate redress.

· To encourage the application of tradition dispute resolution mechanisms in land conflicts.

· To assess tax on land and premiums on immovable property in any area designated by law and to monitor and have oversight responsibilities over land use planning throughout the country.

· The National Land Commission may perform any other functions prescribed by national legislation.

Private Land and Landholding by non-citizens

Private land

Private land consists of registered land held by any person under any freehold term and held by any person under leasehold term and any other land declared private land under an Act of Parliament.

Landholding by non-citizens

A person who is not a citizen may hold land on the basis of leasehold term only, and any such lease, however granted, shall not exceed ninety-nine years.

If provision of any agreement, deed, transport or document of any nature claims to confer on a person who is not a citizen an interest in land, greater than 99 years lease, the condition will be regarded as giving the person a 99 year leasehold interest and no more.

A body company will be regarded as a citizen only if the body company is completely owned by one or more citizens and a property and held in trust will be regarded as being held by a citizen only if all the beneficial interest of the trust is held by the people who are citizens. The parliament may perform legislation to make further conditions for the operation.

Community Land

Community land will put in and be held by communities identified on the basis of ethnicity, culture or similar community of interest.

Community Land is:

· Land lawfully registered in the name of group representatives under the provisions of any law.

· Land lawfully transferred to a specific community by any process of law.

· Any unregistered community land will be held in trust by country governments on behalf of the communities for which it is held.

· Community land will not be disposed of or otherwise used except in terms of legislation specifying the nature and extent of the rights of members of each community individually and collectively.

· The Parliament will enact legislation to give effect to this article.

Other land that is declared to be community land by an Act of Parliament and land that is:

· Lawfully held, managed or used by specific communities as a community forests, grazing areas of shrines.

· Ancestral lands and lands traditionally occupied by hunter gather communities or lawfully held as trust land will b held in trust by country governments, but not including any public land held in trust by the country government.

Public Land

Public land is:

· Land lawfully held, used or occupied by any State organ, apart from any land that is occupied by the State organ as a resident.

· Land that is transferred to the State by way of sale, decline or surrendering.

· Land in respect of which no individual or community ownership can be recognized by any legal process.

· Land in respect of which no descendant can be recognized by any legal process.

· Land of all minerals and mineral oils are defined by the law.

· Land in which all roads and thoroughfares mentioned by an Act of Parliament.

· Land in which all rivers, lakes and other water bodies are defined by an Act of Parliament.

· Land where the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone and the sea bed is located.

· The continental shelf.

· All land between the high and low water marks.

· Any land not classified as private of community land under this constitution and any other land declared to be public land by an Act of Parliament in force at the effective date or performed after the effective date.

· Public Land will vest in and be held by a country government in trust for the people, residents in the country and will be administered on their behalf by the National Land Commission if it is classified, under clause and clause other than land held, used or occupied by a national state organ.

· Public land is classified under the clause that will vest in and be held by the national government in trust for the people of Kenya and will be administered on their behalf by the National Land Commission.

· Public land will not be disposed of or otherwise used except in terms of an Act of Parliament stating the nature and terms of that clearance or use.

Classification of Land

All the Land in Kenya belongs to the Kenyan Citizens collectively as a nation, as communities and as individuals. The Land in Kenya is classified as Public Land, Community Land or Private Land.

Principles of Land Policy

Land in Kenya should be held, used and managed in a manner that is evenhanded, well-organized, valuable and sustainable, and in agreement with the following principles:

• · Fair access to land
• · Security of land rights
• · Land resources should be used sustainably and productively
• · Visible and cost effective administration of land
• · Maintenance and protection of ecologically sensitive areas
• · Discrimination in law, customs and practices related to land and property should be stopped.
• · Encouragement of communities to settle land disputes through recognized local community initiatives consistent with this constitution.

These ideas should take the form of a national land policy and gone over by the government regularly.