CONCEPTUAL AND CONTEXTUAL ISSUES

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1. This is Draft 4 of the National Land Policy and consolidates and synchronizes views and opinions received with regard to Draft 3. Draft 3 was subjected to comprehensive and participatory countrywide stakeholder consultations through ten (10) Regional Consultative Workshops which covered all the districts and several Special Interest Groups Consultative Workshops and other consultative exchanges. Draft 4 is a combined outflow of all consultations which have taken place to date and in it are also incorporated views from written memoranda and submissions received from the public in general, and specific special interest groups (in particular).

1.1 LAND IS THE MOST BASIC RESOURCE

2.Land is the basic resource in terms of the space it provides, the environmental resources it contains and supports, and the capital it represents and generates. It is a commercial asset that can be used and traded. It is a critical factor of production. It is an essential part of the national patrimony; and is a key factor in shaping individual and collective identity through its history, the cultural expressions and idioms with which it is associated. It influences spirituality and aesthetic values of all human societies. Land is perhaps, the most essential pillar of human existence and national development.

3.The land sector is the bedrock of all development and is therefore expected to play a crucial role in the development of other sectors and, especially, in provision of leverage for efforts in poverty reduction, the promotion of governance and social justice, political accountability and democratic governance, the management of conflict and ecological stress and sustainable transformation of the economy as a whole.