Sessional Paper No. 02 of 2023 on Nairobi City County Land Use Policy

Abstract

The Jack of a Land Use Policy for Nairobi City County has resulted in a haphazard approach to the management and administration of land use activities in the city. Land use management and administration has previously been undertaken using a multiplicity of disjointed and outdated planning instruments, which are generally ineffective. This position provides the rational for a hannonized and responsive policy guiding land use in Nairobi City County. The Constitution of Kenya 2010, Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2017 on National Land Use Policy, the Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Masterplan (NIUPLAN) and the Physical and Land Use Plam1ing Act, 2019 provide the key legal and policy framework for the fonnulation of a county land use policy. This Land Use Policy incorporates the goals, principles and values of land use and land-use planning as aspired in these enabling legal and policy frameworks . In doing so, all existing pennissible land use activities in the city have been taken into consideration.