Commission must first past the integrity test to get public support.
The National Land Commission chairman Dr Muhammad Swazuri at a past event in Nairobi. PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL | FILE
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Commission must first past the integrity test to get public support.
The National Land Commission chairman Dr Muhammad Swazuri at a past event in Nairobi. PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL | FILE
From Sunday Nation, September 8, 2013, Page 22
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Coming so soon after the Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu attacked the national land commission, the story below (on the allocation of public land in Kibera) appearing on the Standard on Saturday 7th September 2103 is a pointer to turf wars between the commission and the Lands Ministry in days ahead. I would advise the two institutions to beware that they both draw their mandate from the people of Kenya to whom they should remain committed to serve. It would be prudent of the two to handle any differences of mandate or operations internally but keep their eyes on the larger picture of implementing land reforms and improving service delivery. That they work within the same building, Ardhi House, should make it quite easy to consult.
The story below, which suggests emerging differences between the Lands Cabinet Secretary and the National Land Commission, appeared on Wednesday 4th September 2013 in the Daily Nation page 16
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The Standard: Updated Sunday, September 1st 2013 at 23:00 GMT +3