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Land registry offices Mandera East.

Physical Planning
Ensures orderly urban and rural development
for improved livelihood through physical devel-
opment plans as well as development control
and compliance.
Mandera development plan
Housing
Ensures provision of adequate, affordable and
habitable housing for all
Departmental achievements
Lands Department
Automation of land records
The Ministry has transformed all land records
in all the sub-counties into digital format. This
has increased the efficiency in management of
land records.

Loss of records has been minimised while re-
trieval of information has become very easy.
Construction of land registry
Land registry which is fully equipped has been Kotulo development plan. Elwak development plan.
constructed in Mandera East. The county has
also budgeted for construction of registries in Spatial planning, secure land tenure and survey have generally
the other six sub-counties.
spurred development in Mandera County.The county is now
Survey Department attracting many investors who are able to identify strategic
• Surveying and planning of 1,480 plots and
200 plots for internally displaced persons locations for their investments.
(IDPs) in Rhamu and Elwak respectively
• Mapping and demarcation of over 100 pub-
lic utilities countywide e.g Mandera Regional The development plans provide a spatial frame- Housing Department
work for a more effective and efficient manage-
Livestock Market, New Mandera. County ment of urban spaces in the county. Never- Renovation
All the civil servants’ houses acquired from the
Headquarters, Mandera Slaughterhouse. theless, the plans promote the towns’ aim of
This has warded off grabbing of public land being the county’s economic drivers through defunct Town Council have been renovated
and are in good habitable condition.
which was on the rise.
• Demarcation of roads especially in Mandera improved spatial efficiency and inclusion.
East and Kotulo to avoid encroachment by Development control Training
Training of 100 masons on Appropriate Building
developers The department has liaised with other line de-
• Survey and allocation of approximately 500 partments to create sanity in developments. Technologies (ABT) has been undertaken.
The County Government plans to put up about
plots in Garbaqoley.
• Acquisition of modern survey equipment. Developments are now undertaken after ap- 300 housing units in the next financial year to
proval to ensure they meet the set standards.
This has improved the accuracy and speed Illegal structures on undesignated sites such as reduce housing shortage in line with the Na-
tional Government’s agenda on provision of
in carrying out land survey
road reserves have been cleared. adequate and cheap housing. Spatial planning,
secure land tenure and survey have generally
Physical Planning Department
Local physical development plans Part development plans spurred development in Mandera County. The
Part developments plans have been prepared
• Integrated Strategic Urban Development to secure County Government land such as county is now attracting many investors who
are able to identify strategic locations for their
Plans for Kotulo, Elwak and Mandera have Karrow Airstrip and Takaba Slaughter House.
been done to completion. investments. The streetscapes, as well as high-
• Preparation of development plans for other Several PDPs have also been prepared to help end modern structures have changed the face
sub-county headquarters will commence in private land owners acquire title deed. of the town compared to what it was before the
the next financial year (2018-2019). era of devolution.