The Squatters Settlement Bill, 2007 - Kenya Law Reports

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Acquisition of
land through
purchase.
Establishment of
Constituency
Squatters
Settlement
Committee.
The Squatters Settlement Bill, 2007
(a) protection from deprivation of
property as provided for in the
Constitution;
(b) the procedures for compulsory
acquisition as provided for under
the Land Acquisition Act; and
(c) other relevant legal provisions
pertaining to ownership and
utilization of land.
(3) Before acquiring any land for settlement, the
Board shall cause to be published a three months notice
on any such intended acquisition in the Gazette, and in at
least three newspapers with nationwide circulation.
(4) Any objection to the intended acquisition of land
by the Board shall be lodged with the Board, and the
Board shall hold public hearings to determine any
objection to the intended acquisition.
20. Notwithstanding the Board’s right to acquire any
unutilized land under this Act, the Board shall enter into
negotiation on a willing-seller willing-buyer basis with
any landowner who may be interested in selling land to
the Board.
PART V CONSTITUENCY AND DISTRICT
SQUATTERS SETTLEMENT COMMITTEES
21. (1) There shall be established in every
constituency Gazetted by the Electoral Commission a
Constituency Squatters Settlement Committee.
(2) Members of a Constituency Committee shall
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