G.
Alleged violation of Article 21 of the Charter
Applicant's Submission
191 . The Applicant contends that the Respondent has violated the rights of the
Ogieks to freely dispose of their wealth and natural resources in two ways.
Firstly, by evicting them from the Mau Forest and denying them access to the
vital resources therein , and secondly, by granting logging concessions on
Ogiek ancestral land without their prior consent and without giving them a
share of the benefits in those resources .
192.
Countering the Respondent's contention that it has incorporated Article 21 of the
Charter into the Kenyan Constitution 59 , the A p pI i cant maintains that, there is s t iII
no implementing legislation in place in this regard . The Applicant adds
that, under the previous Constitution and legislation , the Respondent
was unable to implement the framework for protection of the Ogieks ,
who, could not claim any part of Kenya as their community land like other
communities.
193 . The Applicant states that the Ogieks neither got land unde r the
Native Land T rust Ordinance 1938 , the Constitution of Kenya,
1969 , the Land (Group Representatives) Act, Chapter 287 nor
under the Trust Land Act. The Applicant adds finally that , the
Ogieks
have
provisions
still
not
recognising
benefited
from
community
the
land
new
and
const i tutiona l
therefore
the
violations are continuing to date . According to the Applicant, the
purpose of Article 21 of the Charter is to facilitate development,
ec onomic
independence
and
self - determination
of
the
post -
colonial States as well as the peoples that comprise those states ,
protecting them against multi-nat i onals as wel l as against the
State itself .
59
Article 69 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya (2010).
58
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