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The aim of this paper is to discuss a concept that has risen a lot of questions in the Land Law of Kenya. This is the concept of the equitable customary trust. The concept is a judicial intervention to mitigate certain harsh aspects of the introduction of individual title and land registration in the African areas of the country where land was governed by customary law rules. The main thrust of the inquiry is as to whether in the welter of case-law for 8...11dagainst the concept, its legal existence can be ascertained and, if so, what is its nature. In the process aspects touching Land Law reform in Kenya, the aims of registration, nature of customary tenure and the English doctrine of trusts are briefly discussed. The subject has been a challenging one _partly du