GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 9512

NOTICE is given to all resident and other stakeholders that pursuant to the provisions of the Physical Planning Act (Cap. 286), County Governments Act 2012, Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011 and other enabling legislations, Nairobi City County Government in conjunction with the State Department of Housing, Urban Development and Public Works Kenya Railways and the Department of Metropolitan Development with support from the World Bank through DOHWA (Korea)/GIBB (Africa) has commenced the planning of the Nairobi Central Railway Station and its surroundings. The exercise is being carried out under Nairobi Metropolitan Services Improvement Project (NaMSIP) and is one of the priority projects identified under the Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan (NIUPLAN). The Project I situated within the Nairobi Central Railway station area, Muthurwa, the marshalling yard, the Kenya Railways pension scheme land, the locomotive and wagons workshops, Central Business District, parts of the Industrial Area and the surroundings. The Nairobi Central Railway Station area, which comprises about 200 acres of prime land , is in urgent need of urban redevelopment to facilitate urban continuity of the Central Business District (CBD) and improve transport linkages to the South i.e the Industrial Area. The project will entail strategies to revitalize the CBD and the adjacent areas and show linkages with the other sub-centres in Nairobi as proposed in the NIUPLAN. The integrated nature of this plan and as required by the Constitution and other statutory provisions, necessitates that participatory, multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral approaches are deployed. Therefore all stakeholders and members of the general public are invited to participate. Any person or institution that wishes to participate or make comments on the planning project can reach or forward any such comments to the Chief Officer, Urban Planning, Nairobi City County, Main City Hall, 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 30075– 00100, Nairobi, or railwaycity@googlegroups.com County Secretary, County Government of Nairobi City, P.O Box 30075–00100, Nairobi. Dated the 28th August, 2018. ANN M. MUGO, Deputy Director, Planning and Environment, MR/5155998 Department of Metropolitan Development.