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Article 66 · Part 1—Land

Regulation of land use and property

In plain English

The State may regulate land use for defence, public safety, order, morality, health or land use planning. Parliament must pass laws ensuring investments in property benefit local communities and their economies.

The official text

(1) The State may regulate the use of any land, or any interest in or right over any land, in the interest of defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public health, or land use planning.

(2) Parliament shall enact legislation ensuring that investments in property benefit local communities and their economies.

Summaries and answers are a plain-English guide written by Iam254, not legal advice. The official text is what counts. Official text: Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting), legislation as at 3 September 2010. It has not been amended since.