Lodwar, April 11 2024 (Public Communications and Media Relations)

Members of the Turkana South and East Community Land Management Committee (CMLC) had a three- day training organized by the County Government in partnership with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The training focused on application of Alternative Justice System as a tool for resolving land related conflicts in the areas.

Trainees were drawn from six communities; Lomunyenkupurat, Kapese, Nakukulas, Lokichar, Loperot and Kasuroi.

Turkana is one of the counties to embrace and entrench Alternative Justice System (AJS), and has a fully established and functional AJS team under the chairmanship of Yusuf Aremon.

The Chief Officer for Lands and Physical Planning, Leah Losiru urged the trainees to refer to past cases that were successfully resolved by the AJS system to learn practical application.

“You have now been exposed to the AJS legal and administrative frameworks, and you now have a duty to examine past cases resolved by AJS to learn more skills to applying in conflict resolution,” said Chief Officer Leah.

The AJS Chair assured the trainees of his readiness to offer further mentorship and continuous engagement on resolution of land related conflicts.

The training exposed the CMLC members to dispute resolution mechanism, provisions of the National Land Policy, natural resource management, and membership of the AJS system among others.

The Turkana Central Assistant County Commissioner Michael Kiguta, and representatives of the County Attorney office were present.