Pujehun Platform Mediates Land Dispute Between Kallon and Kamara Families
With funding from the Partners Initiative for Conflict Transformation (PICOT), through the Land for Life Secretariat and Welt Hunger Hilfe, the Pujehun District Multi-Stakeholder Platform (DMSP) has mediated a land dispute between the Kallon and Kamara families in Gbondapi, Kpanga Chiefdom, Pujehun District.
The mediation, held at the Gbondapi Youth Centre, brought together the two families, traditional authorities, the Gbondapi Village/Town Area Land Committee, and other community members to discuss the dispute and seek a peaceful resolution.
DMSP Chairman Sonny S. Leigh said the intervention aimed to promote mutual understanding, respect the rights of both parties, and prevent further disagreements through community dialogue.
PICOT District Facilitator in Pujehun, Sylvernus Joseph Karim, said the organisation promotes good land governance and women’s land rights across five chiefdoms: Kpanga, Makpele, Soro Gbeima, Kpanga Krim, and Malen.
Meanwhile, Civil Society Forum Chairman in Pujehun and DMSP member Emmanuel Fawundu highlighted the Customary Land Rights Act of 2022 and the National Land Commission Act of 2022, urging the Gbondapi Village/Town Area Land Committee to meet monthly and fulfil its mandate.
During the mediation, DMSP member Alhaji Mohamed Bawoh encouraged the families to consider themselves one family and proposed that the disputed land be used for a fishpond project.
However, after deliberations, the families declined the proposal and instead peacefully divided the land between themselves.
The head of the Kallon family, Mohamed Kallon, and the head of the Kamara family, Solomon Sheriff, expressed appreciation to the Platform for its intervention.
The mediation forms part of broader efforts by the Pujehun DMSP and its partners to strengthen community relationships, promote peaceful conflict resolution, and improve land governance across the district.
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