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“We must secure Samburu land for the next generation.”

Meshack Lenaisimol

Learoni Community | Pastor, Vice Chair Community Land Management Committee
Samburu County, Kenya
Securing a Future Through Land

This is not merely a fight for land but a fight for the future. We must secure Samburu land for the next generation.

A Deep-Rooted Connection to the Land

Community land is my land, my people. Samburu tribes have a deep-rooted connection with the land they have lived on for generations. We tend to our herds in seasonal pastures and consider community land our land.

The Importance of Owning Land

Having land means settling, building, and progressing. Not having land is not good because it means not having a place to live, farm, care for children and livestock, or do other essential activities. Land enables the community to progress.

Securing Land Rights for the Next Generation

As a nomadic pastoralist community, the Samburu people face the challenge of securing land rights for the next generation. With a growing population, ensuring enough land for future generations to call home is needed.

The Importance of Owning Land

It’s important to care for the wild and the forests. Indigenous people have always cared for the land and know how to heal it, especially during climate change.

Land rights and preservation are about the present, honoring the past, and protecting a future where pastoral communities can flourish on the land they call home.

“It's important to care for the wild and the forests. Indigenous people have always cared for the land and know how to heal it, especially during climate change.”

“Community land is my land, my people.”