ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Land Consolidation Act
10. Arbitration Board
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
10. Arbitration Board
(1)The Minister, after consultation with the local authority in whom the land is vested under section 208 of the Constitution, shall appoint not less than six and not more than twenty-five persons resident within the district within which any adjudication area is situate to form a panel from which the Adjudication Officer may from time to time select not less than five persons to form an Arbitration Board for any adjudication area within his district:Provided that—(i)no person who has sat upon a Committee which has given a decision upon any particular matter shall be selected to be a member of an Arbitration Board to consider the same matter;(ii)where any land, in respect of which a Committee is unable to reach a decision on any claim to a right or interest therein, is situated on or near the boundary of a district, and the persons making such claims are resident in different districts, the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, appoint a Special Arbitration Board consisting of eight persons residing within the province; and in any such case a reference in this Part to an Arbitration Board shall include a reference to a Special Arbitration Board.(2)The Minister may appoint any fit and proper person to be the executive officer of any Arbitration Board appointed for a district and such executive officer may attend and speak at any meeting of the Arbitration Board in respect of which he is appointed but shall not vote:Provided that no person who has acted as executive officer of a Committee which has given a decision upon any particular matter shall act as executive officer of an Arbitration Board to consider the same matter.