Lands and Physical Planning PS Generali Nixon Korir today co-chaired a coordination meeting with lands sector development actors to take stock of the status of partnerships with the Government. The meeting brought together the State Department for Lands and Physical Planning and development partners who work directly with the State Department, as well as others who partner with counties.
“This meeting is crucial for charting the way forward for continued collaboration between the Government and development partners in strengthening land ownership rights, security of land tenure, and food security,” said the PS. He further noted that land is an enabler and the backbone of other economic activities.
The meeting’s co-chair and FAO’s team lead for Lands, Ms. Husna Abdallah Mbarak, emphasized the importance of coordinating partnerships between the Government and development actors to avoid duplication of efforts, inefficiency, and administrative burdens.
The partnership and collaboration aim to achieve, among other things, strengthening land rights for communities and vulnerable groups, expansion of digitalization and rollout of NLIMS, policy and legal reforms, capacity development of staff, and public education and awareness programs.
The meeting was attended both physically and virtually by representatives from the World Bank Kenya, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO Kenya), the British High Commission (UK in Kenya), and other development partners. The PS was accompanied by Secretary of Lands Sarah Maina, Director of Surveys Weldon Maritim, Director of ICT Leonard Maritim, Head of Public Communications Jibril Adan, and Deputy Director of NLIMS Moses Mugendi.