Chambers, a registered town planner, registered surveyor, registered valuation surveyor and not more than 3 persons from the public and private sectors. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman must be persons who qualify to be appointed as High Court Judges. The appointments are made after consultation with the Judicial Service Commission. 348. The functions of the Lands Tribunal include: (a) inquiring into and making awards and decisions in any disputes relating to land; (b) inquiring into and making awards and decisions relating to any dispute of compensation to be paid; (c) inquiring generally and adjudicating upon matters affecting the land rights and obligations of any person or the Government; and (d) performing such acts and carrying out such duties as may be prescribed under the Lands Act or any other written law. 349. Parties who are aggrieved by the awards or decisions of the Lands Tribunal can appeal directly to the Supreme Court. 350. Since its inception in 1995, the Lands Tribunal at the end of 2003 has disposed of more than five hundred (500) land disputes with very few appeals to the Supreme Court. Land Programme 351. The State party through the Ministry of Lands has embarked on the following programmes: a) Land Advocacy which aims at the release of land to the State by chiefs in view of the fact that 90% of the land is held under customary tenure; 138