Murang’a has become the second county in Kenya, after Nairobi, to operationalize digital land records. Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome officially launched the National Land Management System in the county, enabling residents to access land registry services through the digital platform, Ardhisasa.
CS Wahome praised the new system, promising it would resolve longstanding issues in the land sector. She highlighted that Ardhisasa would enhance land tenure security by eliminating human interference in land ownership records.
“I commend the lands ministry staff for their diligent work in digitizing the records to avoid errors,” said Wahome. She emphasized the ministry’s goal of making the platform accessible nationwide as quickly as possible.
“Other counties next in line are Isiolo, Marsabit, and Mombasa. The prelaunch steps are almost complete for Isiolo and Marsabit,” Wahome stated.
Wahome assured residents that the digital platform would protect them from fraudulent brokers and cartels. “Starting today, familiar problems with the land registry will be history. No one will be able to tamper with your land ownership records fraudulently,” she noted.
The Ardhisasa system is designed to alert landowners via telephone and email whenever a transaction is attempted on their land. This feature is available to registered users of the platform.
Wahome encouraged all landowners to register and create accounts on Ardhisasa, assuring them that staff would be available at the registry to assist with the registration process.
The digitization process at the Murang’a land registry, which began in 2021, involved scanning 387,635 registers and 269,694 files, with the records transmitted to the land data center in Nairobi.
With the launch of Ardhisasa, Murang’a residents can now look forward to streamlined, secure, and efficient land transactions.
