The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

the case may be, an adjudication officer, if it or he is satisfied that–(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)a person is and has been or his predecessor in title was in peaceable, open anduninterrupted occupation of village land under customary law for not less than twelveyears, shall determine that person to be entitled to a customary right of occupancy;a person is in occupation of village land allocated to him or his predecessor in titleduring Operation Vijiji, shall determine that person to be entitled to a customary rightof occupancy;a group of persons are and have been in peaceable, open and uninterruptedoccupation of or have similarly used the village land for pastoral purposes for not lessthat twelve years, shall determine that group of persons to be entitled to a customaryright of occupancy over that land;a group of persons are in occupation of or have been using for pastoral purposes,village land allocated to them during Operation Vijiji, shall determine that group ofpersons to be entitled to a customary right of occupancy over that land;a person or group of persons are in peaceable, open and uninterrupted occupation ofland or are similarly using the land under an arrangement or as a result of atransaction whether under customary law or any written law relating to land, andwhether that occupation can be evidenced by a document in writing or not which doesnot fall within any of the above categories of land occupancy, shall determine thenature, incidents and extent of that occupancy and declare that person or group ofpersons to occupy that land under the type of occupancy so determined, whether it bea customary right of occupancy or a derivative right;a person or group of persons or a non-village organisation are in occupation of or areusing village land without any right or interest so to be, shall determine those personsor non-village organisation to be unauthorised occupiers, permitted to remain on theland temporarily as licensees;a person or group of persons are entitled to an interest in village land, whether undercustomary law or otherwise, not amounting to occupation under customary law, orunder a derivative right, shall determine the nature, incidents and extent of thoseinterests to enable it to be recorded in the name of the person or group or personsentitled to benefit from it;the village land is entirely free of any occupation or use or any right of occupation oruse by any person or group of persons, shall determine that land to be communalvillage land;the village land is entirely free of any occupation or use by any person or group of