Philipp Kerling is working on reimplementing Wayland for Kodi as a part of Google Summer of Code 2017 project:
The work is in progress, but it seems that most stuff is already implemented (form Dashboard and Kodi forum).
Please take a look at those links:
GSoC 2017: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#4913542374359040
Original proposal: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=309254&pid=2552143#pid2552143
Repository: https://github.com/pkerling/xbmc
Dashboard: https://github.com/pkerling/xbmc/projects/1
Topic in Kodi forum: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=309254