Public Disclosure Authorized REPUBLIC OF KENYA SOUTH-SUDAN-EASTERN REGIONAL TRANSPORT, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITATION PROGRAM Public Disclosure Authorized (SS-EARTTDFP), KENYA COMPONENT P131426 IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Public Disclosure Authorized RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK November 2013 Public Disclosure Authorized 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. 2 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................... 5 1. BASIC INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 6 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AND POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS CAUSING RESETTLEMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 9 PROJECT CONTEXT ...................................................................................................................................... 9 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................13 RESETTLEMENT IMPLICATIONS OF SS-EARTTDFP ..................................................................................14 3. METHODOLOGY & AN OVERVIEW OF IMPACTS ..................................................................16 DETAILED AND IN-DEPTH LITERATURE REVIEW .........................................................................................16 INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS .......................................................................................................................16 DEFINITION OF PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS .........................................................................................16 PROJECT ACTIVITIES WITH DISPLACEMENT POTENTIAL .............................................................................17 IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES (IA) ...................................................................................................................17 CATEGORIES OF PAPS ...............................................................................................................................17 APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF PAPS ..............................................................................................................18 POTENTIAL RELOCATION AREAS ................................................................................................................18 4. PRINCIPLES & OBJECTIVES GOVERNING RESETTLEMENT PREPARATION & IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................................................................19 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK (RPF): ....................................................19 RATIONALE FOR PREPARING THE RPF ........................................................................................................19 RPF PRINCIPLES UNDER SS-EARTTDFP ..................................................................................................20 INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT .................................................................................................................21 ENTITLMENT UNDER RPF ...................................................................................................................21 PHYSICAL DISPLACEMENT .............................................................................................................21 ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT ........................................................................................................................22 5. LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ..............................................................................24 THE NATIONAL LAND POLICY ..........................................................................................................25 THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA ........................................................................................................26 LAND TENURE SYSTEM IN KENYA .............................................................................................................27 Customary Land Tenure ......................................................................................................................27 Freehold Tenure...................................................................................................................................27 Leasehold Tenure .................................................................................................................................28 Public Tenure and the National Land Commission (NLC) ..................................................................28 COMMUNITY LAND .............................................................................................................................33 CHILDREN AND ORPHANS PROVISION OF LAND POSSESSION .......................................................35 THE VALUERS ACT...............................................................................................................................35 6. COMPARISON OF KENYA LAWS AND WORLD BANK REQUIREMENTS .........................36 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WORLD BANK OP 4.12 AND KENYA’S REQUIREMENTS RELEVANT TO THE PROCESS ....................................................................................................................................................41 7. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, ENTITLEMENT, VALUATION AND COMPENSATION ............42 SS-EARTTDFP Resettlement Policy Framework- RPF 2 CATEGORY OF PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS ......................................................................................42 ELIGIBILITY TYPE FOR COMPENSATION .....................................................................................................44 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ...............................................................................................................................45 PROCESSES OF COMPENSATION AND ENTITLMENT .....................................................................................50 Formal Processes Involved With Compulsory Acquisition of Land .....................................................50 Establishment of District Resettlement and Compensation Committee (DRCC and LRCC) ...............51 METHOD TO DETERMINE CUT-OFF DATES ................................................................................................52 METHODS OF ASSETS VALUATION ..................................................................................................52 VALUATION PROCESS OF ASSETS ....................................................................................................53 METHODS FOR VALUING ASSETS IN KENYA ..............................................................................................54 OTHER METHODS .......................................................................................................................................55 CALCULATION OF COMPENSATION BY ASSETS ...........................................................................................55 THE SCREENING AND RESETTLEMENT PROCESSES AND PLANNING ...........................................................60 PROCESS ....................................................................................................................................................60 PREPARATION OF A PROJECT SPECIFIC RAP ..............................................................................................60 APPROVAL OF RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLANS: ........................................................................................63 9. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ......................................................................................65 INSTITUTIONAL ROLES FOR RAPS PREPARATION AND IMPLMENTATION UNDER SS-EARTTDFP .............65 Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MOTI) ..............................................................................65 Project Implementtaion Team (PIT) ....................................................................................................65 Implementing agency ...........................................................................................................................66 National Land Commission (NLC) ......................................................................................................66 Locational Resettlement and Compensation Committee (LRCC) ........................................................67 10. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE, LINKING RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION TO CIVIL WORKS ...........................................................................................................................................69 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ....................................................................................................................69 11. GRIEVANCES REDRESS MECHANISMS ...................................................................................71 THE GRIEVANCE REDRESS PROCESS ...........................................................................................................72 Detail procedures for grievance management .....................................................................................73 Grievance Log ......................................................................................................................................74 Monitoring