Ulinzi wa haki ya kumiliki mali

Kiswahili

(1)Kwa kuzingatia Kifungu cha 65, kila mtu ana haki, kibinafsi au kwa kuungana na wengine, kupata na kumiliki mali––

(a)ya aina yoyote; na

(b)katika sehemu yoyote ya Kenya.

(2)Bunge halitatunga sheria inayoruhusu Serikali au mtu yeyote—

(a)kwa udhalimu kumpokonya mtu mali ya aina yoyote au kumnyima mtu haki yake katika mali ya aina yoyote;

(b)kumzuia, au kwa njia yoyote kumzuia kufurahia haki yoyote chini ya Kifungu hiki kwenye misingi iliyobainishwa au kutajwa katika Kifungu cha (27) (4).

(3)Serikali haitamzuia mtu kumiliki mali ya aina yoyote, au kuwa na haki katika mali ya aina yoyote isipokuwa kuzuiwa huko—

(a)kunatokana na upataji ardhi au manufaa fulani katika ardhi au ubadilishaji wa manufaa fulani ya ardhi au hatimiliki ya ardhi, kulingana na Sura ya Tano; au

(b)ni kwa matumizi ya umma au ni kwa manufaa ya umma na kunatekelezwa kulingana na Katiba hii na Sheria yoyote ya Bunge ambayo—

(i)inahakikisha malipo ya fidia na ya haki kikamilifu kwa mtu huyo; na

(ii)inampa mtu yeyote aliye na manufaa au haki katika mali hiyo haki ya kufikia mahakama ya kisheria.

(4)Sheria hiyo inaweza kuruhusu wakazi wa ardhi iliyopatikana kulingana na sehemu ya (3), ambao huenda hawana hatimiliki ya ardhi hiyo, kufidiwa kwa nia njema.

(5)Serikali itatoa msaada, itakuza na kulinda hakimiliki ya uvumbuzi wa wananchi wa Kenya.

(6)Haki chini ya Kifungu hiki hazijumuishi mali yoyote ambayo ilipatikana kwa njia isiyo halali.

English

Protection of right to property

(1)Subject to Article 65, every person has the right, either individually or in association with others, to acquire and own property —

(a)of any description; and

(b)in any part of Kenya.

(2)Parliament shall not enact a law that permits the State or any person—

(a)to arbitrarily deprive a person of property of any description or of any interest in, or right over, any property of any description; or

(b)to limit, or in any way restrict the enjoyment of any right under this Article on the basis of any of the grounds specified or contemplated in Article 27 (4).

(3)The State shall not deprive a person of property of any description, or of any interest in, or right over, property of any description, unless the deprivation—

(a)results from an acquisition of land or an interest in land or a conversion of an interest in land, or title to land, in accordance with Chapter Five; or

(b)is for a public purpose or in the public interest and is carried out in accordance with this Constitution and any Act of Parliament that—

(i)requires prompt payment in full, of just compensation to the person; and

(ii)allows any person who has an interest in, or right over, that property a right of access to a court of law.

(4)Provision may be made for compensation to be paid to occupants in good faith of land acquired under clause (3) who may not hold title to the land.

(5)The State shall support, promote and protect the intellectual property rights of the people of Kenya.

(6)The rights under this Article do not extend to any property that has been found to have been unlawfully acquired.