ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Land Act
112. Inquiry as to compensation
Edition: 2025-11-04 · In force
112. Inquiry as to compensation
(1)At least thirty days after publishing the notice of intention to acquire land, the Commission shall appoint a date for an inquiry to hear issues of propriety and claims for compensation by persons interested in the land, and shall—(a)cause notice of the inquiry to be published in the Gazette or county Gazette at least fifteen days before the inquiry; and(b)serve a copy of the notice on every person who appears to the Commission to be interested or who claims to be interested in the land.(2)The notice of inquiry shall call upon persons interested in the land to deliver a written claim of compensation to the Commission, not later than the date of the inquiry.(3)At the hearing, the Commission shall—(a)make full inquiry into and determine who are the persons interested in the land; and(b)receive written claims of compensation from those interested in the land.(4)The Commission may postpone an inquiry or adjourn the hearing of an inquiry from time to time for sufficient cause.(5)For the purposes of an inquiry, the Commission shall have all the powers of the Court to summon and examine witnesses, including the persons interested in the land, to administer oaths and affirmations and to compel the production and delivery to the Commission of documents of title to the land.(6)The public body for whose purposes the land is being acquired, and every person interested in the land, is entitled to be heard, to produce evidence and to call and to question witnesses at an inquiry.