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The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

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authorised representative of each person or group of persons or non-village organisationwhose interests in land have been adjudicated.58. <strong>Land</strong> sharing arrangements between pastoralists and agriculturalists(1) Where, in respect of any land the subject of adjudication, the village adjudicationcommittee or, as the case may be, the adjudication officer is satisfied that there is a dual useof the land between groups of persons using the land for pastoral purposes and groups ofpersons using the land for agricultural purposes and that both groups claim to be using thatland in accordance with customary law applicable to their respective uses, the committee or,as the case may be the adjudication officer shall–(a)(b)determine and record the nature, extent and incidents of each use and so far as it ispossible to do so, the length of time that each group has used or claimed the use ofthat land for their respective uses;where the village adjudication committee or the adjudication officer is satisfied that thegroups of persons so using the land have in the past and are likely to continue in thefuture to carry out their respective uses of the land in co-operation with each other, heor as the case may be it prepare an arrangement for that continued dual use whichrecords–(i)(ii)the rights to the use and occupation of the land by each group as recognised byeach group; andthe arrangements for resolving any disputes between the dual uses adopted andused by those groups;(c)where the village adjudication Committee or an adjudicating officer or he is satisfiedthat the groups of persons using the land are in continuous dispute about the uses ofthe land, it or he as the case may be, shall–(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)record the rights to the use and occupation of the land claimed by each group;andprepare a draft sharing arrangement for the continued dual use of the land eitherfor a limited period or indefinitely based on the claimed uses of the land modifiedso as to reduce the likelihood of disputes; anddiscuss the arrangement with each group of persons or their representatives witha view to obtaining their agreement to the said arrangement or the saidarrangement modified to take account of the views of those groups theirrepresentatives; andadopt the draft arrangement as a scheme.

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