Tumeso, Clara2024-09-242024-09-242024-04https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/28820A research project submitted to the school of law arts and social sciences in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of master of Public policy and administration of Kenyatta University, April 2024 Supervisor. Jane Gakenia NjorogeIn the Kajiado Group, ranches were established to provide the Maasai community with more secure land tenure and to promote range improvements, while discouraging excessive animal accumulation. However, the privatization process led to the possibility of land grabbing by various stakeholders, including corrupt committees, Maasai elites, political figures, and foreigners, who took advantage of the situation to seize the best and most desirable Maasai lands. This research aimed to fill the current knowledge gap by investigating the effects of land privatisation on social livelihoods of the residents of Kajiado County. The study focused on the following objectives: to vii establish the effects of culture changes on social livelihood of residence in Kajiado County, to evaluate effects of community conflicts on social livelihoods of Residence in Kajiado County and to assess effects of intervention strategies on social livelihood of residence in Kajiado County. To achieve this goal, the study gathered both qualitative and quantitative. The study target population was 34,175 landowners in Kajiado County. Sampling formula by Cochran was utilized to determine a sample size of 384. A random selection technique was used in selecting the respondents. Data collection for this study was done using a research questionnaire. To ascertain the instrument's reliability, a pilot study was conducted as a pretest of the research tool. Obtaining a research permission from the National Council of Science and Technology was necessary in the data gathering procedure. Both descriptive and inferential analysis were conducted. The analysed data was presented using tables. The study findings indicated that cultural change had a positive and significant effect on social livelihoods of residents in Kajiado County. Community conflicts had a positive effect on social livelihoods, and this effect was statistically significant. This implied that community conflicts had a noticeable and positive effect on the social livelihoods of residents in Kajiado County. Respondents highlighted that community conflicts resulted in social unrest, forced displacement of residents, and environmental degradation. These issues were seen as significant consequences of land privatisation. Intervention strategies had a negative influence on social livelihoods. However, this negative effect was not statistically significant, suggesting that the effect of intervention strategies on social livelihoods might be relatively minor and can be given less emphasis in Kajiado County. The study recommends that more trainings should be done to enlighten the community on various ways of handling land conflicts. More intervention strategies should be put in place to minimize privatization of land hence improve on livelihood of the society.enThesis