8. National Land Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2023

The Bill amends the NLC Act 2012 to allow the National Land Commission to continue reviewing grants of public land to extend the statutory period for admitting historical injustice claims

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· The purpose of the amendment Bill is to amend the NLC Act 2012 to allow the National Land Commission to continue reviewing grants and dispositions of public land to establish their legality and propriety as well as continue admitting and processing historical injustices over and beyond the time limitations set out under the current law.

· At present, the National Land Commission has no legal mandate to undertake these functions as the time afforded to it has lapsed/expired, yet many claims remain unresolved. The authority of the NLC to undertake these claims had been set to expire in May 2022 (being ten years following the enactment of the law as per section 15(11) of the Act).

· The effect of these proposed amendments is that there may not be closure on possible challenges to the certainty of title to land since the window for legal challenge will once more be opened/extended.