INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS： PUBLIC POLICY DISCOURSE OF LARGESCALE LAND ACQUISITIONS 1N EAST AFRICA.pdfVIP

INDIGENOUSPE0PLESAND CUST0MARY LAND RIGHTSPUBLICPOLICY DISCOURSE0FLARGE． SCALELANDACQUISITIONS1N EASTAFRICA DavidRossOlanya LandjSacontestedissueinthesocial,economicandpoliticafspheres． Althoughlandhasanembeddedsignificancetoindigenouspeoples，it continuestobeencroachedandalienatedCustomarylandrightsfeaturing wellwithin legalpluralism during the 1990snow lackproper state protectionandcustomarylawsareyetinfornewreview inUgandaand Kenyabecauseof multipleproblemsexperiencedunderlegalpluralism recognizedcitizenrightsmorethanstateinterests．Sincetheliberalization oflandmarketsbYdevelopmentinstitutionsemphasizedmainlypromoting tenuresecuritythroughforma，registrationandlandtitlingasthekeyto promoteproductivity,attentionwasnotfocusedonindigenousrights．The neoliberalperspective views private properyt and public properyt institutionalarrangementsasalternativestotragediesofthecommons． Thereisincreasing evidenceof casesoflarge—scaleacquisitionsof customarylandrightsofindigenouspeoples． emobilityofindigenous peoplesisrestricted61，commercialactivities，forcingthem tomovein areaswheretheyarenotwelcomedespecially inagriculturallydominant regions．Thereisalckofprotectioninthelegalpluralism toimproveon tenuresecurity,andtoreducetheriskson indigenouslandrightsin the changing relations． studyanalysesthe iluresofprivateproperyt andpublicdomainsassolutionstoproblemsof thecommonsatboth nationa，andinternationalperspective． INTRODUCTION……．………．……………………．．…．…．．…．．．．…．…．………．．．．…．……．．62l I．FROMTHETRAGEDYOFTHECOMMONSTOGOVERNTHECOMMONS……622 II．C0NCEPTuALlzINGINDIGENOUSPEOPLESOFEASTAFRICA………………．624 III．DIsPOssESsIONSOFINDIGENOUSPEOPLE’SLAND…………………………．．627 A．ThroughTreaties．．．．．．．．…．．．…．．．．．．．．．…．．．．…．…．．…．．．…．．．．…．．．．．．．．．……．．627 B．ThroughtheCreationOfNationalParksandConservationAreas628 C．ThroughLandR