The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning has placed a moratorium for suspending land transactions involving Nairobi Block 110 title deeds following several complaints of fraudulent land transactions.
According to the Ministry, it will conduct a verification exercise from Monday, 24th May to Friday, 4th June, for all plot owners to establish the validity of records held to support ownership.
The Ministry has also requested plot owners to prepare and drop copies of their proof of ownership documents for their plot at Survey of Kenya between 9 am to 3 pm.
“Ensure they are in a sealed envelope,” stated the Ministry.
Documents required for the exercise are; copies of the title deeds, certified copies of grant issued by court for succession matter, copy of transfer documents, sale agreements, share certificate and receipt for payment from Thome farmers, copy of Nationa ID and KRA pin for individuals and copies of certificate registration, certified CR12 copies and Kra pin for companies/ institutions.
The Ministry recently launched Ardhisasa, a digital land information management system, marking the end of manual land transactions in Nairobi.
The new system was developed by a team of Kenyan techies over a three-year period and is designed to enhance the security of land records, speed up land transactions and curb fraud.
Ardhisasa project also saw the production of Kenya’s first digital topographical map and those of the nation’s 47 counties, as well as a cadastral map for Nairobi City County.
The cadastral map enables the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning to start the process of migration to a unitary regime for land registration in order to curb fraud and cut transaction time.
Lands CS Faridah Karoney said the digital platform will offer a one-stop-shop for all Government services and information on land.