The Village Land Act R.E. 2002

this section.(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), public interest shall include investments of nationalinterest.(3) The Minister shall cause to be published in the Gazette and sent to the village councilhaving jurisdiction over the land which is the subject of the proposed transfer, hereinaftercalled "village transfer land" a notice specifying–(a)(b)(c)(d)the location of the area of the village transfer land;the extent and boundaries of the village transfer land;a brief statement of the reasons for the proposed transfer;the date, being not less than sixty days from the date of the publication of the notice,when the President may exercise his power to transfer the land or a part of it.(4) Where any portion of the village transfer land has been allocated to a villager or a groupof villagers under a customary right of occupancy or a derivative right or a person or a group ofpersons to use the land, the village council shall inform those villagers or, where any one ofthose villagers is absent, a member of the family occupying or using the land with that villager,of the contents of the notice.(5) Any person referred to in subsection (4) may make representations to the Commissionerand to the village council on the proposed transfer of the land and the persons to whom thoserepresentations are made shall take them into account in any decisions or recommendationsthat they may make on the proposed transfer.(6) Where the village transfer land is–(a)(b)less than 250 hectares in extent, the village council shall prepare and submitrecommendations for the proposed transfer to the village assembly for it to approve orrefuse and the village assembly shall hold a meeting under section 103(3) of theLocal Government (District Authorities) Act *(11) to consider the recommendations ofthe village council and any representations made by the district council of the areawhere the land is situate, and decide whether to approve or refuse to approve theproposed transfer;greater than 250 hectares, the Minister shall, after considering any recommendationsmade by the village assembly through the village council, district council and anyrepresentations on the matter made by the village and district councils of the areawhere the land is situate, by resolution, signify his approval or refusal to approve theproposed transfer.(7) The Commissioner or an authorised officer shall be under a duty to attend a meeting of