The County Government of Uasin Gishu has initiated a program aimed at ensuring all public utilities in Kimumu ward are surveyed and titled.
As part of the plan, senior officers from the Department of Lands and Planning on Thursday organized a sensitization forum for the locals.
The forum was also attended by area Member of County Assembly Sarah Malel.
Residents in the area were informed that at least 40 acres of land within the Kimumu settlement had been set aside for public use during the initial planning by the former Eldoret Municipal Council.
Speaking at the forum, Malel who is also the Uasin Gishu County Assembly Deputy Speaker appreciated the Department of Lands for initiating the process of seeking proper documentation for public land.
She noted that land grabbers have increased overtime hence need for the public land to be identified and titled.
Kimumu township amenities
Director Lands Nelly Jerotich with her Physical Planning counterpart Planner Daniel Koech, took the residents through the legal requirements for establishment of a township plan that provided a guidance for attainment of amenities in Kimumu township.
Kimumu settlement was initially a 3,500 acre land, where the settlement agreed to set aside 40 acres for public utilities as explained by the elderly residents in the forum.
Planner Koech extended the Physical Planning process detailing that all plans went through Public Participation since the 2010 Constitution but that was not the case in the previous laws.
In addition, Director Jerotich took the residents through the plan in detail as was approved initially.
She noted that the plan captured various areas the public land would be used as per the law which include, educational facilities, industrial purpose area, agricultural centre, commercial activities area and centre plots.
“The consultant will be on the ground and we require your corporation to ensure that the 40 acres of land meant for public utilities is beaconned. This will open up for other processes that involves surveying and preparing titles for the land. Let’s also make it clear that the process will be transparent to the public,” noted the Director of Lands.
Identification and securing of public land is key in ensuring that facilities that provide services to wananchi are developed in the designated public land as required by law.
