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Land is a major factor of production in Kenya, it has major influence in economic, social, environmental and political activities.
This research will purposely aim at investigating the gaps from land registration process where documents for registration does not guarantee 100 percent security of land tenure. The output of this research may aid in the development of a better land registration procedure for Thika municipality and also similarly affected municipalities. In Africa and other developing countries, land registration systems are struggling and access to the registered documents is limited. In Kenya most of the land is not formally registered and it denies citizens enjoying the full benefits of an efficient land registration.
Thika municipality as the specific area of study was chosen because of its dynamism, rate of growth and its proximity to Nairobi city. There exists three types of registration systems to acquire rights to land namely; Registration of Titles Act (RTA), Registered land Act (RLA) and General boundary. Which are operated and managed using manual systems despite the increased availability of the current digital Land Information Systems.
A case study method will be used where a prototype cadastral database was developed together with a mobile application proposing a quick, efficient and transparent method of data capture, registration and management. This was after the various and persistent challenges observed and are negatively affecting access, sharing and retrieval of geospatial data. The proposed system demonstrated that integration of geospatial information within a GIS platform may be better than the analogue system in cadastre data display, retrieval and management. Its results are predictable and interoperability is high. The shift towards embracing the new technology by using an LIS suggests that manual systems in land registration should be abolished since individual rights to security of tenure are embedded within a wider social obligation. |
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