Ardhi ya jamii

Kiswahili

(1)Ardhi ya jamii itamilikiwa na jamii zinazotambuliwa kwa misingi ya kikabila, kitamaduni au mahitaji sawa ya kijamii.

(2)Ardhi ya jamii inajumuisha—

(a)ardhi iliyosajiliwa kisheria kwa jina la wawakilishi wa kikundi chini masharti ya sheria yoyote;

(b)ardhi iliyokabidhiwa jamii fulani kisheria na kupitia kwa mchakato wowote wa kisheria;

(c)ardhi nyingine yoyote itakayotangazwa na Sheria ya Bunge kuwa ardhi ya jamii ; na

(d)ardhi ambayo—

(i)inamilikiwa kwa uhalali, inasimamiwa au kutumiwa na jamii maalum kama misitu ya jamii, maeneo ya malisho ya mifugo au mahali patakatifu pa ibada;

(ii)ni ya kiasili na ardhi ambayo kiasili inamilikiwa na jamii ya wawindaji; au

(iii)inamilikiwa kisheria kama ardhi ya amana na serikali za kaunti, lakini isiyojumuisha ardhi yoyote ya umma inayomilikiwa na serikali ya kaunti kwa niaba ya wakazi wa kaunti hiyo chini ya Kifungu cha 62 (2).

(3)Ardhi yoyote ya jamii ambayo haijasajiliwa itamilikiwa na serikali za kaunit kwa niaba ya jamii hizo.

(4)Ardhi ya jamii haitatolewa au kutumiwa vinginevyo isipokuwa kulingana na sheria inayofafanua hali na viwango vya haki za kila mwanajamii kibinafsi au wanajamii wote kwa pamoja.

(5)Bunge litatunga sheria kuwezesha utekelezaji wa Kifungu hiki.

English

Community land

(1)Community land shall vest in and be held by communities identified on the basis of ethnicity, culture or similar community of interest.

(2)Community land consists of—

(a)land lawfully registered in the name of group representatives under the provisions of any law;

(b)land lawfully transferred to a specific community by any process of law;

(c)any other land declared to be community land by an Act of Parliament; and

(d)land that is—

(i)lawfully held, managed or used by specific communities as community forests, grazing areas or shrines;

(ii)ancestral lands and lands traditionally occupied by hunter-gatherer communities; or

(iii)lawfully held as trust land by the county governments, but not including any public land held in trust by the county government under Article 62 (2).

(3)Any unregistered community land shall be held in trust by county governments on behalf of the communities for which it is held.

(4)Community land shall not be disposed of or otherwise used except in terms of legislation specifying the nature and extent of the rights of members of each community individually and collectively.

(5)Parliament shall enact legislation to give effect to this Article.