Land Information Management Systems
Let me conclude the message I kicked off in my last piece on the Kenya Urban Forum 2023 held in Naivasha mid-last month. The major cities in this country have accumulated huge amounts of land records with time. Such large numbers of manual land records overwhelm. These cities, along with big municipalities, are encouraged to consider harnessing modern technology. They need to consider developing computer driven land information management systems. In developing such systems, they’ll need to liaise closely with the national survey and mapping agency, Survey of Kenya. This will help to ensure that their systems are based on a uniform survey reference framework, and run on protocols and data formats amenable to data exchange with the national land information management system, known as ardhisasa, which is under development.
Acquisition of land for public purposes