Prospective
land buyers in Kajiado County will need to delve deeper into their financial
resources to acquire a plot of land.
This
comes after the implementation of a new spatial plan that limits landowners
from subdividing the standard 50x100 plots.
Governor
Joseph Ole Lenku stated during the launch of the 454-page document that with
the spatial plan in place, his administration will only enable land owners to
subdivide their land from 100 x 100 plots to acres.
He
stated that the decision will assist the county government in making a
significant change by creating green areas at the local level.
"By
moving away from the common subdivision of 50 x 100 plots into100 x 100 plots
and over, we will be in line with our plan to set aside 10 per cent of our land
to the tree cover revolution," said Lenku.
50
by100 plots currently cost an average of Sh1.5 million in metropolitan areas
and at least Sh0.5 million in outlying areas.
However,
the prices vary based on the size and location of the plot of property.
According
to Lenku, the 50 x 100 subdivisions have transformed the county's urban
settlement into small slums.
According
to him, the spatial plan is a dream come true and a significant milestone for
the people of Kajiado and the entire nation.
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"By
its proximity to the Capital City, Nairobi, and being part of the larger
metropolis fraternity, Kajiado county is strategically placed to offer room for
expansion of a city that is bursting at the seams over a rapid population
explosion," said Lenku.
According
to him, as a metropolitan county with a population growth rate of 5.5%, the
county makes a substantial contribution to accommodating growing numbers of
people within the city.
Kajido
County, according to Lenku, has been threatened for years by forces of land
transformation, with rising human-wildlife conflicts in recent years
leading to the loss of livestock, wildlife, and humans.
"Through
this programme, our urban areas will receive additional resources from the
county government kit to complement the funding received from development
partners," he said.
According
to him, this will go a long way toward providing dignity-affirming services to
improve the look of urban centers and enable them to live up to their billing
as engines of Kajiado's economic development.
Hamilton
Parseina, County Executive Committee member for lands and physical planning,
stated that activities driven by the desire to create neighborhoods, expand
towns, clear land for crop growing, and engage in other economic activities
have left significant scars on the environment.
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"To
achieve our vision of a transformed and sustainable Kajiado we have had to
develop a mechanism through which our focus would be on strategies that will
make our county more prosperous now and, in the future," said Parseina.
The
CEC said going by the population threshold defined by the Urban Areas and
Cities Act, there are towns within the county that will soon be elevated to
municipal status.
"We
have commenced an evaluation exercise to ascertain requisite thresholds that
are essential in establishing municipalities. Upon completion of this exercise,
they shall be gazetted subject to approval as granted in the Urban Areas and
Cities Act 2011," he added.
Former
Senator Lenny Kivuti, the project director, urged the county government to move
quickly and implement the document.
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