Member since: 2007
Working towards these commitments
Secure Tenure Rights
Mission
The organization's mission is to facilitate participatory and comprehensive land and natural resource policy, legislative and institutional reforms through networking, information generation, sharing, advocacy and empowerment. Assured security of access to land and natural resources for livelihood enhancement.
The Kenya Land Alliance (KLA) is not-for profit and non-partisan umbrella network of Civil Society Organisations and Individuals committed to effective advocacy for the reform of policies and laws governing land in Kenya. KLA envisions a society in which all people are assured of sustainable livelihoods through secure and equitable access to and utilization of land and natural resources.
Objectives
To achieve its goal, KLA embarked on establishing a focal point for co-ordinating information gathering, sharing and networking among potential member organisations, professionals and individuals involved in land reform initiatives in Kenya. This core focus has been informed by the following objectives: To facilitate networking, information gathering and sharing among the members and others locally, regionally and globally, to sensitise Civil Society, Government, donors and the public in order to create greater understanding of what is needed to secure and protect the land rights of the rural and urban poor and other disadvantaged groups, to contribute to the debate on land reform by generating policy and legal options and to actively lobby and advocate for policy and legislative reforms.
Constituencies
KLA's constituencies include the rural and urban poor.
