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  1. Library Resource
    National Policies
    June, 2013
    Uganda

    The Lands, Housing and Urban Development Sector Strategic Plan is a national sectoral plan of Uganda for the period 2013/14 - 2017/18. Its main objective is to ensure sustainable land management, orderly development and adequate housing for socio-economic development.The Plan aims to make land use more productive and sustainable.

  2. Library Resource
    Legislation
    August, 2016
    Burundi

    Le présent code fixe les règles qui régissent l’urbanisme, l’habitat et la construction sur l’ensemble du territoire national, conformément aux dispositions légales se rapportant à l’assainissement et à la protection de l’environnement. En effet, ce code définit les différentes opérations d'urbanisme concrétisant les diverses destinations prévues pour les espaces urbains par les schémas directeurs d'aménagement et d'urbanisme et d'autres outils d'urbanisation.

  3. Library Resource
    Land Use Policies and Natural Resource Management in Kenya: The Case of Nairobi River Basin cover image
    Journal Articles & Books
    April, 2010
    Kenya

    Nairobi River Basin is a complex of several parallel rivers that flow through the City of Nairobi and empty into a larger river and flow to the Indian Ocean. The rivers are polluted with garbage, industrial liquid effluence, agro-chemicals, petro-chemicals among others. This situation has occasioned spread of water-borne diseases, loss of sustainable livelihoods, loss of biodiversity, reduced availability and access to safe potable water, and the insidious effects of toxic substances and heavy metal poisoning which affects human productivity.

  4. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    February, 2017
    Kenya

    The Constitution of Kenya 2010 apportions responsibility of planning to both National and County governments. The County Government Act, 2012 obligates county governments to prepare and implement County Integrated Development Plans (CIDP). The CIDPs are, according to the act, five year plans that will form the basis of annual budgetary allocation by the county governments.

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    Reports & Research
    August, 2013
    Kenya

    The Cadastral system in Kenya was established in 1903 to support land alienation for the white settlers who had come into the country in the early part of the 20th Century. In the last hundred years, the system has remained more or less the same, where land records are kept in paper format and majority of operations are carried out on a manual basis. The lack of a modern cadastral system has contributed to problems in land administration in the country.

  6. Library Resource
    Using geospatial technologies to support compulsory land acquisition in Kenya cover image

    A case study of Kanunga – Nyaga road in Kiambu County

    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2015
    Kenya

    Governments have power to compulsorily acquire land or other interest in land for a public purpose subject to prompt payment of the compensation to the affected persons. The process of land acquisition involves several government departments which have different mandates depending with the purpose of the acquisition. In several instances departments involved have been seen to be disjointed hence causing gaps and unfinished work in the whole process.

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    Manuals & Guidelines
    Reports & Research
    February, 2016
    Kenya

    The story of urbanization in Kenya should be one of cautious optimism. As an emerging middle-income country with a growing share of its population living in urban areas and a governance shift toward devolution, the country could be on the verge of a major social and economic transformation. How it manages its urbanization and devolution processes will determine whether it can maximize the benefits of its transition to a middle-income country.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2017
    Kenya

    This paper describes the development of a Land Information Management System (LIMS) for County Governments in Kenya. In the new Constitution 2010, devolution of some national government functions and formation of county governments was provided for. These invoked the development of new land laws to guide the devolution processes and procedures. According to the County Government Act 2012, all County Governments are supposed to develop digital Geographic Information System (GIS) based spatial plans and these calls for development of LIMS for and efficient breakthrough.

  9. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    May, 2016
    Kenya

    The absence of a clearly defined land use policy in Kenya after years of independence has resulted in a haphazard approach to managing the different land use practices and policy responses. Land use continues to be addressed through many uncoordinated legal and policy frameworks that have done little to unravel the many issues that affect land use management. The Constitution of Kenya 2010, Kenya Vision 2030 and the Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2009 on National Land Policy all call for a clear framework for effectively addressing the challenges related to land use.

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