How will the Commission ensure security of pastoralists’ livelihoods and tenure to land?

To secure pastoralists’ livelihoods and tenure to land, the Commission shall:

1. Recognize pastoralism as legitimate land use and production system;
2. Review the Land (Group Representatives) Act and provide for pastoralism in the “Land Act”;
3. Establish suitable methods for defining and registering land rights in pastoral areas while allowing pastoralists to maintain their unique land systems and livelihoods;
4. Establish a legislative framework to regulate transactions in land in pastoral areas;
5. Ensure that the rights of women in pastoral areas are recognized and protected;
6. Provide for flexible and negotiated cross-boundary access to protected areas, water, pastures and salt licks among different stakeholders for mutual benefit; and
7. Ensure that all land uses and practices under pastoral tenure conform to the principles of sustainable resource management.