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Uganda’s rangeland policy
The paper “Uganda’s rangeland policy: intentions, consequences and opportunities” (2018) by Patrick Byakagaba et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 8:7 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-017-0111-3) analyses Uganda’s rangeland policies from pre-colonial times onwards. It looks into what informed these policies, their objectives and the outcomes realised. The policies were based on western European resource management, classical […]
Kenyan pastoralists losing out on Equalization Fund
The Equalization Fund was set up by the Government of Kenya (GoK) to address the marginalisation and low level of infrastructure in the North. It provides for annual appropriation of 0.5% of all revenue collected by the GoK to use in improving basic services such as water, roads, health facilities and electricity for communities in […]
Opportunities and challenges of Kenya’s Community Land Act
In 2016, Kenya acknowledged customary tenure as producing lawful property rights, not merely rights of occupation and use on government or public lands. The 25-page article “The Community Land Act in Kenya: opportunity and challenges for communities” (2018) by Liz Alden Wily, published in the journal Land 7, 12 (doi:10.3390/land7010012), looks into this new legal […]
Legislation to support cross-border livestock mobility
In Policy Brief 14 of COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), entitled “Legislation to support cross-border mobility” (2010, 3pp), Ced Hesse from the CELEP member organisation IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) draws attention to the tremendous importance of cross-border livestock mobility to national and regional economies and food security, particularly in […]
LAPSSET project & rural politics in northern Kenya
In 2012, construction began on the Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) corridor in northern Kenya. This is designed to connect Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia with new transport infrastructure, including a highway, railway and pipeline. According to planners, it will drive economic growth by improving trade, attracting investors and stimulating rural development along the transport […]