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Consequences of colonial land policies in Kenya.
Types of landholding in Kenya at independence Land tenure refers to the terms and conditions under which land is acquired, used or transferred At independence the type of landholding in Kenya was mainly communal, where land belonged to the whole community. Access to land was open every member of a social group. Community elders, clan heads or kings
were empowered to control and give advice on land use. Land alienation during the colonial period transformed land into a commodity that could be disinherited from an individual.
Such colonial land policies leading to alienation of African land resulted in the following;
a) Widespread landlessness as Africans lost ancestral lands.
b) Reduction in land available to Africans leading to land pressure as population increased. c) Deterioration of the quality of land due to fragmentation. d) Overstocking because of limited land, leading to soil erosion.