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Nakuru Land Department goes digital

County Chief Officer Kamau Kuria (Centre) during a press briefing in Nakuru.

Photo credit: Joseph Openda/Mtaa Wangu

By  JOSEPH OPENDA

Correspondent

Mtaa Wangu

Nakuru County government has embarked on digitising land information in a bid to efficiently manage urban development and land use.

The county through the Department of Housing and Urban Development has embarked on the development of an Electronic Land Information Management System (e-LIMS) which will see crucial data relating to development on boarded in a single system for ease of management and control.

Mr Kamau Kuria, the County Chief Executive in the department said the system will provide an easy reference for the county to make informed decisions on land development and control.

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According to Mr Kuria, the system will integrate issues related to land management, development control as well as revenue optimisation.

"The system will be able to provide actual and real-time information on the status of the land with a very high degree of accuracy based on the data that will be collected throughout the county," Mr Kuria says.

The system will also benefit the public, who will be able to access information on the status of their land through their mobile phones.

Mr Kuria says the data collection process will begin immediately, with the pilot project in Nakuru town centre expected to be completed by December.

He reveals that the county is undertaking the project with funding from FSD Kenya.

"The project is in line with Governor Susan Kihika's development agenda of the regeneration programme he has embarked on in various parts of the county. We want to align our interests as a county and ensure that the future of urban development in the county is easy and efficient," Mr Kuria says.

Moses Kello, managing director of Digitek Kenya, the consultancy firm that will carry out the mapping and data collection, says the aim is to optimise the limited land resources to cater for the ever-growing population in Nakuru County.

The data collected, he says, will be analysed and stored for use when needed.

"The data will be collected remotely, analysed and made meaningful. It will also be stored in a secure system for use when needed," says Mr Kello.