EACC to monitor implementation of 2018 systems review recommendations in the Ministry of Lands
06/02/2025: EACC has started monitoring the implementation of the recommendations in the 2018 systems examination report in the State Department of Lands and Physical Planning.
Key findings of the 2018 examination into the systems, policies, procedures, and practices of the State Department of Lands and Physical Planning included irregular development approvals, irregular issuance of parcel and deed plan numbers, and consents and lease processing.
Other report findings included inaccurate surveys and irregular map amendments, double registration of parcels, forgeries in land transactions, and the existence of parallel, duplicate, and missing land records.
The report recommended, among others, enforcement of development control mechanisms in the Physical Planning Act, the establishment of a standard mechanism for issuance of parcel numbers, ensuring that land valuations for stamp duty are based on actual and current values and site inspections, automation of the title’s issuance processes, and development of record management policy guidelines.
Launching the monitoring exercise yesterday at Ardhi House on behalf of the Commission’s CEO, Director of Preventive Services, Mr Vincent Okong’o, said that EACC recognizes the important and strategic role that the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning plays in providing a secure future for Kenyans and their families through effective land tenure and administration.
The State Department Secretary, Administration, Mohammed A. Maalim, commended the Commission for its proactive approach to preventing corruption in Government institutions. He also highlighted the Department’s progress in implementing the report’s recommendations. These include legislative review of some land laws, such as the Physical Planning Act 1996, which was repealed by the Physical and Land Use Planning Act 20219.
Other changes already undertaken include automating processes, enhancing complaints handling mechanisms, decentralized and operationalizing land services, deploying additional valuers, and standardizing stamp duty applications.
Mr. Okong’o said that the monitoring exercise furthers the Commission’s preventive mandate. Its objectives are to determine the level of implementation of the recommendations, establish any challenges encountered in the implementation process, and recommend the way forward.
“Corruption and unethical practises in our public institutions pose major challenges that hamper achieving and realizing good governance, sustainable development, and Vision 2030. It is, therefore, in the interest of the Government and the Kenyan citizens that we efficiently undertake land administration processes for socio-economic development,” Mr Okong’o said.
