In a public notice dated 18 March 2018, the Ministry of Lands has announced temporary closure of its Nairobi and Central offices as it prepares to roll out a Land Management Information System (LIMS).
The Ministry of Lands will introduce online services in line with its objectives of formulating and coordinating “implementation of policies and legal framework for sustainable land management” and ensuring “efficient and effective administration and management of land resources.”
“To achieve a fully digitised environment, the Ministry requires to ensure that all the records are scanned and that the data is clean in preparation for online services. This exercise will begin in Nairobi and will be cascaded to all other Registries across the country,” Dr Nicholas Muraguri, PS Ministry of Lands states.
Therefore, Nairobi and Central registries including Banking Hall and Records Registry will be closed from Monday 19 March 2018 to Friday 30 March 2018. Business shall recommence on 3 April 2018.
“During this period, all services offered at these registries will not be available at Ardhi House, Nairobi. However, all other registries will remain open. Upon resumption of services on 3 April 2018, there will be no more manual processing of documents,” Dr Muraguri says.
Services that will be accessible online through www.ecitizen.go.ke are:
- Transfer of ownership (transfer of lease or land)
- Issuance of consent (for transfer, charges, and further charge)
- Valuation of requests: this will be created automatically upon application for trasfer of owenrship
- Payment and issuance of Land Rent Clearance Certificate
- All payment e.g. stamp duty, consent fees. and registration fees
- Application and withdrawal of caution/caveats/restrictions
- Registration of land documents
- Searches (Nairobi and Central Registries)
