Country:
Kenya
Kenya
CHAPTER IX
TRUST LAND
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(1) All Trust land shall vest in the county council within whose
area of jurisdiction it is situated:
Provided
that there shall not vest in any county council by virtue of this
subsection-
(i) any body of water that immediately before 12th December, 1964
was vested in any person or authority in right of the Government
of Kenya; or
(ii) any minerals or mineral oils.
(2)
Each county council shall hold the Trust land vested in it for the
benefit of the land and shall give effect to such rights, interests
or other benefits in respect of the land as may, under the African
customary law for the time being in force and applicable thereto,
be vested in any tribe, group, family or individual:
Provided that no right, interest or other benefit under African
customary law shall have effect for the purposes of this subsection
so far as it is repugnant to any written law.
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(2) Where a county council has set apart an area of land in pursuance
of this section, any rights, interests or other benefits in respect
of that land that were previously vested in a tribe, group, family
or individual under African customary law shall be extinguished.
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(4) Where land is set apart under this section-
(a)
any rights, interests or other benefits in respect of that land
that were previously vested in any tribe, group, family or individual
under African customary law shall be extinguished;
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