The eviction of squatters from the Mau Forest was top on the agenda of the weekly meeting between President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Tuesday.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is concerned by the growing tension between the parties to the Western Sahara negotiations, which have increased following the recent detention of several groups of Saharawi activists.
SOUTH Africa has again postponed the target date of its land reform programme. In its post apartheid election manifesto, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) had promised to redistribute 30 percent of agricultural land in its first five years in office. But by 2001, some seven years later, less than two per cent had been distributed.
THE Land Claims Commission cannot afford to honour at least R10bn in outstanding commitments to land owners and claimants, Business Day has established.
Abdalla Adam, an IDP (internally displaced person) leader from Alryad camp in El Geneina, West Darfur, says that he desperately wants to return to his village, Mestarei, from which he was forced to leave in 2003, but cannot because others have occupied his land.
Several ruling party lawmakers yesterday moved to defy odds and throw their weight behind the opposition's crusade against the government's land law reform proposals as contained in the Land (Amendment) Bill 2008.
Wednesday evening's fundraising in aid of those evicted from the Mau Forest was a major political statement, interpreted as an alliance against Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
The awareness of the proposed Land (Amendment) Bill 2007 by Ugandans has declined since last year by 11 percent, a new poll has revealed.
The family of First Republic Finance Minister, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, has urged a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to reverse the purported sale of the deceased's property to Dangote Nigeria Limited.
ODM leaders meet on Thursday for talks expected to bring together the feuding camps in the party. The party's National Executive Council is expected to discuss the party's position on the proposed constitution. But the differences between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Agriculture minister William Ruto could cast a dark shadow on the talks.
: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonota South Pono Moatlhodi has encouraged the people of the North East District and the nation at large to preserve land.
PRIME Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi vehemently defended the proposed Land Bill yesterday, saying it was necessary to deal with the rampant eviction of tenants.
Police in Kamwenge District are overwhelmed by disputes resulting from land distribution and boundary demarcations, Daily Monitor has learnt.
CABINET Minister William Ruto has invited Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta to be the guests of honour at a fundraising in aid of the Mau forest evictees.
Agriculture minister William Ruto signalled his determination to defend Mau settlers, describing the leaders behind the evictions as "heartless".
