The National Land Commission (NLC) has reserved 46.6 acres of public land for Lari Vocational College in Kiambu, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, and the State Department for Basic Education for Kinyogori High School in Kiambu.
In a gazette notice dated September 5, the commission's chairman, Gershom Otachi, said that 2.378 hectares of land in Kiambu have been reserved for Lari Vocational College and shall be used strictly for educational purposes.
The commission has also reserved two parcels of land for the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital for different purposes. The first 3.674 hectares in Uasin Gishu County shall be used for a hospital and ancillary services, while the second 1.324 hectares in the same county will be used for residential purposes and ancillary services.
Lastly, Gershom confirmed that the commission has allocated 11.493 hectares to Kinyogori High School in Kiambu, and it shall be used for educational purposes only.
According to the commission, the institutions will not have the right to sell, lease, or transfer the land, or part of it, without a written authorisation from the commission.
Otachi further noted that once the land is handed over to the institutions, they will have the responsibility to safeguard the land and make sure that their boundaries are well-maintained.
According to Otachi, once in control, the institutions will be required to make sure that at least 10 per cent of the land is covered by trees and vegetation, in line with the government's agenda to increase tree cover.
"The management body shall ensure proper documentation, stock-take, monitoring, and reporting of the landscape-level critical
biodiversity resources, including measures taken towards their protection and conservation," Otachi stated.
According to Otachi, the institutions must also ensure that they conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), leverage climate-smart technologies, and ensure they comply with circular economy practices such as waste reduction, recycling, and composting.
"The management body shall ensure proper documentation, stock-take, monitoring, and reporting of the landscape-level critical
biodiversity resources, including measures taken towards their protection and conservation," Otachi stated.
The commission has noted that the institutions should ensure that they submit a development and management plan within the next 180 days; failure to do so could lead to the revocation of the reservation of the order.
"The management body shall, within 180 days of the publication of this reservation order, cause to be prepared and submitted to the National Land Commission for approval a plan for the development, management, and use of the reserved land parcels, failure to which the Management orders will stand revoked," NLC stated.
