National Dialogue on Compulsory Land Acquisition Report
As a result of the underlying tension between the citizens and the government regarding the move to amend Article 26 of the Constitution, failure to get consensus on the matter of Compulsory Land Acquisition emerged. That notwithstanding, the government has embarked on the process of repealing and replacing the current law to align it with the Constitution. However, there is still low uptake from the citizens due to broken trust and mixed messages in the public domain. The failure to resolve the legal regime on compulsory land acquisition has led to stagnation of government projects because of issues related to compensation and valuation. This has ruined the relationship between the citizens (project affected persons) and government.
