The will from next month roll out digitisation of all land services in Mombasa and Murang’a counties.
The Ministry of Lands said it was winding up the process in Nairobi under the Ardhisasa platform to stem the rising cases of fraud in issuance of title deeds.
The ministry assured the country the digital platform is safe and foolproof in the wake of the recent cyber-attacks on the e-Citizen portal.
CS Zachariah Njeru said the challenges in the Ardhisasa platform were as a result of oversights during initial development of the system.
He noted in the past fraudsters corruptly acquired and transferred property without knowledge of the rightful owners.
“With this platform, any time someone attempts to perform any form of transaction on any piece of land, the system generates messages and alerts the owner of the attempt,” he said.
The remarks were in a speech read on his behalf during the closing of the Environment and Land courts judges’ annual conference in Sawela Lodge, Naivasha.
Njeru added that the digitisation of land records and automation of management had enhanced women's land rights.
“Unlike the past, men will not have the freedom to dispose of land or disinherit women without getting their consent,” he said.
He said digitisation of land records for Nairobi was nearly complete and the ministry will soon launch the exercise in Mombasa and Murang’a.
“Ministry has been working hard to improve efficiency at Ardhi House and has made commendable progress in boosting the integrity of service provision,” he said.
Njeru lauded the move by the Judiciary to split the ECL into two separate divisions of Environment and Land, noting that this would help in faster dispensation of cases.
“The expansion of the ELC is timely and justified because you deal with land, which is the biggest backbone of all economic activities,” he said.
Prof Patricia Kameri-Mbote of UNEP noted that climate change was real with some countries experiencing very hot weather and others extreme cold.
“The new Environmental and Planning Division court will come in handy in dealing with the rising cases of pollution and loss of species as more suffer from the effects of drought,” she said.
