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.