ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Community Land Act
30. Non-discrimination
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
30. Non-discrimination
(1)Every member of the community has the right to equal benefit from community land.(2)Equality includes full and equal enjoyment of rights of use and access.(3)Women, men, youth, minority, persons with disabilities and marginalized groups have the right to equal treatment in all dealings in community land.(4)A registered community shall not directly or indirectly discriminate against any member of the community on any ground including race, gender, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, age, disability, religion or culture.(5)For the avoidance of doubt, every man or woman married to a member of the community shall gain automatic membership of the community and such membership shall subsist until the spouses legally divorce and the woman remarries or the woman remarries after the death of a spouse.(6)Subject to Article 159 of the Constitution, the culture of each community shall be recognized in accordance with Article 11(1) of the Constitution in the exercise of community land rights.