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#LandReform2025Third Reading

Land Laws (Amendment) Bill

In plain English

Reworks who owns and manages community land in the counties. Big impact on rural families.

Who it affects: Rural and pastoralist communities, county governments, investors leasing community land.

Sponsor
Hon. Alice Wahome, Cabinet Secretary for Lands
Introduced
20 May 2025
Status
Third Reading · Past public input

Progress in Parliament

82% of the way to law
  1. Introduced

    Published and read for the first time

  2. With Committee

    A committee studies it in detail

  3. Public Hearings

    You can send your views

  4. Second Reading

    MPs debate the main ideas

  5. Third Reading — now

    Final vote in the National Assembly

  6. Senate Concurrence

    The Senate reviews it (if needed)

  7. Assented

    The President signs — it becomes law

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What's in the bill — key sections

  1. 01Transfers registration of community land from counties to a new national board.
  2. 02Requires 60% (up from 50%) community vote to lease ancestral land.
  3. 03Sets a 90-day window to resolve overlapping titles.

What happens next: Third Reading debate scheduled; Senate concurrence to follow.

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