Land has been a highly complex and emotive subject in Kenya. It not only serves as the primordial factor of production for supporting community livelihoods, but also embodies the social, cultural, and spiritual identities of more than 40 indigenous communities who regard Kenya as home. In pre-colonial times, land tenure in Kenya was governed through the application of customary laws that differed between communities. Between 1895 and 1897, the British government extended the Land Acquisition Act to the East African Protectorate against the backdrop that all lands that, according to European un…