Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning Draft National Land Surveying and Mapping Policy Sessional Paper No … of 2021 (or 2022) Page | i TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................. IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... V LIST OF ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................................... VI 1 CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING IN KENYA ...................... 1 1.1 DEFINITION OF LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING FUNCTION ............................................................... 1 1.2 ROLE OF LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 1 1.3 DISCIPLINES AND AREAS OF APPLICATION ....................................................................................... 2 1.4 SITUATION ANALYSIS OF LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING FUNCTION .................................................. 3 1.4.1 Historical Background ......................................................................................... 3 1.4.2 The Policy and Legal Framework ....................................................................... 4 1.4.3 Professional Training ........................................................................................... 7 1.4.4 Professional Regulation ....................................................................................... 8 1.4.5 The need for the Policy on Land Surveying and Mapping ................................. 8 1.5 THE PROBLEM ........................................................................................................................ 12 1.6 JUSTIFICATION FOR A LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING POLICY ......................................................... 12 1.6.1 Alignment to the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 .................................................. 13 1.6.2 Enabling geospatial data sharing ...................................................................... 13 1.6.3 Providing one stop Policy approach to Land Surveying and Mapping ........... 13 1.6.4 Training & Capacity Building ........................................................................... 14 1.6.5 Survey Standards and Guidelines ..................................................................... 15 1.7 APPROACH METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 15 2 CHAPTER 2: STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING IN KENYA ............................................................................................................................... 17 2.1 VISION OF THE POLICY .............................................................................................................. 17 2.2 MISSION OF THE POLICY ........................................................................................................... 17 2.3 OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE POLICY ............................................................................................ 17 2.4 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICY ............................................................................................ 17 2.5 POLICY REVIEW ...................................................................................................................... 18 2.6 PHILOSOPHY OF THE LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING POLICY .......................................................... 18 3 CHAPTER THREE: LAND SURVEYING AND MAPPING POLICY FRAMEWORK ................................. 19 3.1 KEY STRATEGIC AREAS FOR REALIGNMENT .................................................................................... 19 3.1.1 Constitutional Alignment................................................................................... 19 3.1.2 Geo-referencing of Surveys ............................................................................... 20 3.1.3 National, Administrative and Electoral Boundaries ......................................... 21 3.1.4 Survey of International Boundaries .................................................................. 22 3.1.5 Hydrographic Surveying Services ..................................................................... 24 3.1.6 Uniform Coordinate Reference System............................................................. 25 3.1.7 Riparian Reserves .............................................................................................. 27 3.1.8 Surveying and Mapping Standards ................................................................... 28 3.1.9 Regulation of Land Surveying and Mapping Practice ..................................... 28 3.1.10 Education and Training of Surveyors ............................................................... 29 3.1.11 Geographical Names (National Gazetteer) ....................................................... 30 3.1.12 Topographical Mapping .................................................................................... 30 Page | ii 3.1.13 Land Adjudication and Consolidation .............................................................. 31 3.1.14 National Atlas of Kenya ..................................................................................... 32 3.1.15 As built Surveys ................................................................................................. 33 3.1.16 Sectional Property Surveys ................................................................................ 33 3.1.17 Underground Utility Surveys ............................................................................ 34 3.1.18 Mining Surveys .................................................................................................. 35 3.1.19 National Addressing System (NAS) ................................................................... 37 3.1.20 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)...................................................................... 37 3.1.21 Mobile Mapping ................................................................................................. 38 3.1.22 Remote Sensing .................................................................................................. 38 3.1.23 Kenya National Spatial Data Infrastructure (KNSDI) ..................................... 39 3.1.24 Engineering Surveys .......................................................................................... 39 3.1.25 Survey Control Points ........................................................................................ 40 3.1.26 Practice of Land Surveying and Mapping by Foreigners................................. 40 4 CHAPTER 4: IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK ......................................................................... 42 4.1 CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................ 42 4.2 STRUCTURAL REFORM PRINCIPLES .............................................................................................. 44 4.3 EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR SURVEYING AND MAPPING .......................................................... 44 4.4 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR SURVEYING AND MAPPING ........................................................... 44 4.4.1 The office of the Surveyor General ................................................................... 45 4.4.2 The office of the National Director of Surveys .................................................. 45 4.4.3 The office of the County Director of Surveys .................................................... 46 4.4.4 The National Mapping and Hydrographic Authority ...................................... 47 4.4.5 The Land Surveyors Board ............................................................................... 48 4.4.6 Kenya Institute of Surveying and Mapping (KISM) ........................................ 49 4.4.7 The Geographical Names Committee................................................................ 49 4.4.8 The Kenya National Spatial Data Infrastructure Committee .......................... 49 4.4.9 The Kenya National Hydrographic Committee ................................................ 50 4.5 PROPOSED ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE ....................................................................................... 51 4.6 IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX ....................................................................................................... 52 Page | iii Foreword Intentionally left blank Page | iv Executive Summary Intentionally left blank Page | v List of Acronyms/Abbreviations AFREF African Reference Frame AG Attorney General ASAL Arid and Semi-Arid Lands AU Africa Union AUBP African Union Border Program CA Communication Authority of Kenya CG County Governments COG Council of Governors CORS Continuous Operating Reference System CRA Commission of Revenue Allocation CUE Commission of University Education DeKUT Dedan Kimathi University of Technology DRSRS Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing EAC Eastern Africa Community EEZ Exclusive Economic Zones EOLCS Extended Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System IBEA Imperial British East Africa ICJ International Court of Justice IEBC Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission IHO International Hydrographic Organization IMU Inertial Measurement Unit ITRF International Terrestrial Reference Frame JKUAT Jomo Kenyatta University