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NATIVE LANDS AND FISHERIES COMMISSION

The Native Lands & Fisheries Commission [NLFC] was established in 1880 primarily to register native lands; ownership of such lands; and to classify customary roles and migration records of communal units. With most of these tasks completed, the NLFC is now concentrating most on being a custodian of the various registers and complying with regulations covered by the NATIVE LANDS ACT CAP 133 and the FISHERIES ACT CAP 158 Section 14-20 as follows:

To ascertain what lands and fishing rights areas are the rightful and hereditary property of native owners;

To register the ownership of native lands and customary fishing rights;

To adjudicate in disputes on the rightful ownership of native lands and customary fishing rights;

To adjudicate in disputes relating to customary headships or title;

Overall to provide clients with information relating to the Native Lands and Fisheries Commissions' roles.

In 1989 Government decided that the NLFC should also look at the proper demarcation of boundaries and set up a Project Unit to:

Survey the boundaries and register ownership to customary fishing rights.

To demarcate and set aside sites as village reserves.

To survey the unsurveyed Native Land

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