This Policy incorporates the goals, principles and values of land use and land-use planning as defined in the enabling Legal and Policy frameworks. Therefore, the Policy takes into consideration all existing permissible land use activities in the County. The overall objective of this Policy is to provide a legal, administrative, institutional and technological framework to guide land use and land-use planning to facilitate optimal and sustainable use of land. The Policy considers the increasing population and the improvement of infrastructure and also takes into consideration socio-economic factors, institutional, administrative and policy instruments. The Policy provides key administrative and management land use guidelines relating to private land use, public land management, environmental management, public health considerations, infrastructure service delivery and technology. The Policy embraces transparent and participatory approaches to land-use planning, providing a review mechanism to address emerging issues. The mission of this Policy is to promote best land use practices for optimal utilisation of the land resource in a productive, efficient, equitable and sustainable manner. In order to achieve its overall objective, the Policy provides the following specific objectives: 1) managing and guiding formulation and implementation of land use standards to ensure sustainable use of the land resource and direct land use planning and development in the County; 2) ensuring a monitoring system for appraisal of the effectiveness of land use plans, decisions, regulations and standards for the County; 3) ensuring coordination of the various actors within the lands sector in the County; 4) defining clear guidelines to ensure planning prudence in its use and development; 5) harmonising disjointed implementation and uncoordinated land use management instruments and diverse regulations. The Policy is inspired by the following principles: public participation; sustainable development; equity and spatial inclusion; integrated, strategic land use planning; optimal utilisation of the land; ecological integrity. The Policy covers the following themes: agricultural development; farming and livestock development; industrial and rural development; mining industry and energy production; tourism; transport and infrastructure; protection of natural resources and the environment. The Policy provides a classification of different land uses in the County: residential land use; commercial land use; industrial land use; recreational land use; transportation land use; agricultural land use; public utilities. The Policy concerns the following topics: rights to access and use land; land tenure; land taxation; land management and administration; sustainable use of land; physical development planning; rural land uses and agricultural development; urban development and management; protection of wetlands and riparian lands; preventing environmental degradation and soil and water pollution; biodiversity conservation; protection of surface and underground water resources; land use management and climate change issues.
Кения · 2025-07-01