GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 509

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 47 of the Physical and Land Use Planning Act, notice is given that the County Government of Laikipia in conjunction with the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development intends to commence preparation of local physical and land use development plans for Maina (Nyahururu), African Location (Rumuruti), Kanyoni and Kwa Mbuzi (Nanyuki), and Umande and Sipili Settlements under the Second Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement project (KISIP2). The purpose of these plans is to facilitate the conferment/formalization of land tenure for the above-mentioned settlements within Laikipia County through planning and surveying. The objectives of the plans are to— (i) facilitate regularization of land tenure security within the selected settlements; (ii) provide a framework for provision of requisite infrastructure and services; and (iii) provide basis for development control. The planning exercise will involve review of relevant policies, regulations and institutional frameworks, community mobilization, sensitization and stakeholder engagement, basemaps preparation, undertaking socio-economic surveys and physical mapping of the settlements, undertake environmental and social impact assessment (screening), preparation of local physical and land use development plans for the respective informal settlements, prepare a social management plan and or a resettlement action plan (RAP), surveying of resultant plots and preparation of survey plans, preparation of detailed topographical survey for engineering designs and preparation of land information system (LIS). This will form the basis for preparation of the plans which aims at improving living conditions in Laikipia County through regularization of land tenure. The plan preparation will be participatory and the County invites all Stakeholders to the planning process. Stakeholders who wish to make comments or suggestions on the same may do so in writing within 21 days of publication of this notice. Comments or views should be addressed to: The County Executive Committee Member (CECM), Infrastructure, Land and Physical Planning, Housing, Energy and Urban Development, County Government of Laikipia, P.O. Box 1271–10400, Nanyuki. Dated the 26th November, 2024. EKWAM NABOS, CECM, Infrastructure, Land, Housing and Urban Development, MR/6524441 County Government of Laikipia. 17th January, 2025 THE KENYA GAZETTE