GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 16424

NOTICE is given to all residents and stakeholders in Tana River County, that pursuant to Articles 6, 10 (2), 60, 66, 67, 184, 186 and the first and fourth Schedules of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, the Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019, the County Governments Act, 2012, the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011, the Physical Planners Registration Act, 1996, the National Land Commission Act, 2012 and other enabling legislations. The County Government of Tana River in conjunction with the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, intends to prepare local physical and land use development plans for the above-mentioned project areas 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 Tana River 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. (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 Tana River County through regularization of land tenure. The process will be participatory and therefore all stakeholders are invited to participate. Any comments, enquiries or suggestions on the same maybe done in writing to C.E.C.M, Lands and Physical Planning, Agriculture, Livestock, Veterinary Services, Fisheries and Co-operative Development, County Government of Tana River, County Headquarters, County Council Road, P.O. Box 29–70101, Hola, www.tanariver.go.ke Dated the 11th November, 2024. MWANAJUMA HIRIBAE, CECM for Lands and Physical Planning, Agriculture, MR/6485758 Livestock, Fisheries and Co-operative Development.