About Us
PEACE WITH LAND KENYA is an NGO implementing ADR mechanisms in Kenya through capacity building, advocacy and stakeholder engagement. The organization main objective is to Promote Justice, Good Governance, Peace, and Coexistence around land issues in Kenya.
Through our partners and pool of land
experts, we ensure that public land and other alienated shared resources are
protected from encroachment, grabbing and unwarranted wrongful land uses. This
ensures equitable, peaceful sharing of natural resources thus fostering
peaceful co-existence.
Research has overtime shown overwhelming
misinformation among local communities about land issues, tenure, registration
and even succession. Our land clinics serve to ensure local communities are
equipped with credible information on land laws, existing policies and
regulations. Additionally, community members get to interact with land experts
to solve disputes, deal with survey issues and even get expert opinions about
cases already in court.
Often times, deceased members of a
family don’t leave a will to guide on succession of assets. In other cases, a
deceased person may have possessed small plots or land parcels completely
unknown to their kin, and even other cases where registration of parcels of
land owned by a deceased party are incomplete. Such instances require processes
like survey and an amicable guideline to ensure succession is done peacefully. Our
organization helps facilitate survey and succession processes for bereaved
families and women headed homesteads through our volunteer experts.
Historically, land and land related
conflicts have been known to have far-reaching effects on economic, social,
spatial and ecological development. By using Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mechanisms (ADR), we ensure the resolution of existing conflicts, and prevent
the occurrence/re-occurrence of such conflicts.
In order to create memos to influence
land policies that foster peaceful use of land, our organization conducts
research to determine the extent and nature of land and land related disputes.
Additionally, the information gathered influences the nature of trainings
offered to community members and local leaders. Developing capacities of local
leaders to solve minor disputes ensure we prevent exacerbation of solvable
disputes, while preventing more from happening.
1. Public participation and Empowerment
2. Equity and Non-discrimination
3. Integrity
4. Innovation
5. Accountability and Transparency
6. social fairness
7. Integrity,
8. Professionalism
9. Team work