Kenyan Scholars on Kenyan Land: An Inventory of Kenyan Theses and Dissertations on Settlement Schemes in Kenya

Introduction Smallholder settlement schemes have played a central role in economic and political development strategies in postcolonial Kenya. The schemes are state-sponsored land allocation programs that settle farmers on state land, aiming to address issues of landlessness and poverty, and to promote rural development. They are a constant in the post-colonial history of Kenya. (Boone, Lukalo and Joireman 2022). In the transition to Kenyan independence, settlement schemes were conceived to d...