INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD) 2018

Theme: Press for Progress

The Government answer to the land question is issuance
of Title Deeds, yet Women demand gender parity
Women Now Press For World Economic Forum 2017 On this momentous day, Kenya Shocking finding to learn, apart from Embu land registry where the beneficiaries got one
Global Gender Gap Report Land Alliance and the Kenyan (1) title deed each, the trend from the other registries analyzed, reveal that a number of
Gender Parity

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findings tell us that gender parity women we work with, do press individuals and institutions got more than one tittle deed as shown below.
s Kenya joins the rest of is over 200 years away. The for more land titles issuance to
the World in marking the Kenya title deeds issuance for the women as a sure pathway to
International Women’s last five (5) years portend secure and equitable access to
SUMMARY OF TITLE OWNERSHIP
Day 2018, the women of Kenya continued poverty, gender land, property and natural ACTUAL NUMBER OF HIGHEST NUMBER OF
TOTAL TITLES
demand gender parity in inequality, exclusion and food resources, which are critical to REGISTRIES INDIVIDUALS WHO TITLE DEEDS HELD BY ONE
government issuance of titles insecurity if women who form efforts of not to leave no one PRINTED
RECEIVED TITLES INDIVIDUAL/ INSTITUTION.
deeds. Why? Out of a sample size more than 50 percent of our behind in creating a resilient 1
of 1,000, 099 of about 3,200, 000 population and are the main society that secures livelihoods BARINGO 9,657 7,022 28
titles issued, the Kenya Land producers of food crops are across generations for inclusive 2 BOMET 16,292 10,740 553
Alliance reveals that women only further marginalized in land economic growth.
got 103,043 titles representing ownership. Kenya Land Alliance 3 BONDO 54,643 39,080 18
10.3 percent, while men got African Vision 2063 disaggregated and analysed data
865,095 titles representing 86.5 of 1,000, 099 titles, which reveals 4 BUSIA 7,961 6,638 11
While Kenyan women know
percent. This gender inequality is that gender parity won’t happen that equality between women 5
made clear when looked at and men is more than a matter of EMBU 122 122 1
overnight, the demand for secure
against the actual land sizes and equitable access to the justice. It shows that without 6 IGEMBE 6,353 4,834 30
titled for women and men. The productive assets as flagged out gender equality in title deed
data sampled shows that out of in the Sustainable Development issuance “development” 7 KEIYO 3,077 2,359 15
10,129,704 hectares of land titled Goals Agenda 2030, African preached by the government is
between 2013 and 2017 women meaningless and not tenable. For 8 KERICHO 8,152 6,348 60
Vision 2063, Maputo Protocol
got 163,253 hectares representing 2003, and Africa Union there can be no real development 9
a paltry 1.62 percent, while men unless the realities of women as KILIFI 15,335 6,417 16
Declaratory Commitment to have
got 9,903,304 hectares 30 percent of registered land for well as men are taken into 10
representing 97.76 percent. KISUMU 102,516 24,973 23
women by 2025 must start now. account in analysis, policy and
In line with this year’s programmes. 11 KITUI 62,329 39,342 734
International Women’s Day Equal opportunity
(IWD) theme of “Press for 12 KWALE 15,096 7,648 30
The data presented here points
Progress” in Gender Parity, out that unless both women and
Kenyan women demand for 13 LAIKIPIA 2,793 2,292 4
women’s land equality now. In line with this men are given equal opportunity
to participate and benefit from 14
There can never be hope for year’s International title deeds issuance, which the
LAMU 7,684 6,990 68
transformative change towards Women’s Day (IWD) government says is the answer to 15 MACHAKOS 98,124 57,171 1, 513
Sustainable Development Goal
number five (5) on Gender theme of “Press for the land question there is no 16 MBEERE 16,044 13,518 153
development that will result as
Equality by 2030 if the structural Progress” in Gender development, if not engendered, 17
factors that entrench gender Parity, Kenyan women is endangered. Thus, the first MERU CENTRAL 9,017 7,328 218
inequality are not addressed by table here in shows total
land titling if the government of demand for women’s representation of analysed data.
18 MERU NORTH 133,159 95,663 340
the day believes it’s the answer to land equality now. 19 MERU SOUTH 33,776 25,427 218
the land question. While the
20 MIGORI 21,535 15,690 25
TOTAL REPRESENTATION 21 MOMBASA 1,011 959 5
SIZE OF LAND TITLED TITLES 22 MURANGA 3,221 3,203 2
Total Hectares of Titled Number of Titles 23
  Percentage Percentage MWINGI 56,021 34,032 202
Land Issued
24 NAIVASHA 458 147 232
Total Land Size 10,129,704.72 100 1,000,099 100
Size of Land to Women 163,253.498 1.62 103,043 10.30 25 NAKURU 1,671 1,496 3
Size of Land to Men 9,903,304.372 97.76 865,095 86.50 26 NANDI 25,478 21,755 22
Joint (W/M) 35,586.127 0.35 19,313 1.93 27 NAROK 9,333 8,166 27
Size of Land to other 28
27,560.725 0.27 12,648 1.93 NAROK NORTH 449 434 6
entities
29 NYANDO 30,468 22,587 72
30 NYERI 4,195 3,852 27
31 RACHUONYO 41,470 32,026 780
32 SIAYA 81,596 53,914 56
33 SOUTH NYANZA 2,273 1,725 30
34 SUBA 1,031 968 7
35 TAITA TAVETA 29,347 25,544 51
36 THARAKA 3,875 2,979 90
37 THIKA 2,166 1,455 164
38 TRANS NZOIA 11,821 10,616 12
39 TRANSMARA 2,392 2,277 202
40 UASIN GISHU 2,570 5,587 14
41 UGENYA 6,068 2,340 16
42 VIHIGA 51,275 44,869 8
43 WEST POKOT 8,245 6,341 53
Kenya will attain little or no meaningful development as long as title deeds remain a preserve of men. Women
should be given equal opportunities in acquiring title deeds. SUMMATION 1,000,099 666,874
 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD) 2018
Theme: Press for Progress

Kenyan Women demand for land equality

now, not tomorrow
Failure to issue title spells doom to the national women’s issue, but must be
deed to women is push for food security. tackled as an important
Furthermore, if title deeds societal issue it is. Otherwise,
Kenya’s undoing

T
he Kenya Land
Alliance work
experience with
women around the country
provide ample evidence to
illustrate that given the
women’s key role in
production of food, if their
crucial role in agricultural
production is not recognized
in the issuance of titles it
issuance does not recognize
women as equal
breadwinners, and significant
players in agricultural
production, the agricultural
policies and strategies
adopted to enhance food
production has no chance of
success.
Put simply, gender equality
in issuance of title deeds can
no longer be seen as a
the government promises
of universal health
care, housing and
food security will
not materialize
unless there is an
increased attention to
address and redress
gender disparity in title
deeds issuance.

A RARE CASE: Martha Sekendo displays her title deed after a section of Kajiado farmers who had
used their title deeds as collateral for loans from AFC received them back following a presidential
directive.Such affirmative action are necessary to empower more women and bring gender parity.

National Lands Commission(NLC)Chairman Mohammed Swazuri issuing title deeds to owners of Oletukat Group
Ranch in Narok East. Not a single woman is represented.

Malakisi residents benefit from title deeds issued by the government in an execrise presided over
the then Bungoma governor Ken Lusaka, majority of the allotees are men.

A section of squatters at Oljorai settlement scheme in Gilgil,Nakuru county, demonstrating at Kambi Turkana area
demanding to be issued with title deeds promised by the government . In most cases women are the most affected
whenever such promises are never fulfilled. Kisumu Central Jua Kali Artisans Association chairman Jacob Ouma holds a title deed given to
them by Lands ministry, women are hardly represented in such groups.