The State Department for Lands and Physical Planning has begun a nationwide initiative to roll out the Cashless Revenue Collection policy.
The Ministry revealed that the move is part of the government’s plan to crack down on cartels who have perennially used the loophole to perpetrate graft and embezzlement.
Speaking during the flagging off of the program, Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Zachariah Njeru said the Ardhi Pay system is not only going to make work efficient but also easier and faster.
“We are doing this because we want to improve service delivery to our Citizens. The State Department for Lands and Physical Planning has really worked to see that Kenyans are served fast and efficiently,” said CS Njeru
On his part Principal Secretary for Lands and Physical Planning Nixon Korir said the programme will ensure that no cash is involved in land transactions.
“We want to go cashless in all our registries nationwide in 14 days, starting today. For the last three weeks, we have rolled out cashless at Ardhi House, and it is working well,” said Korir.
PS Korir added that the State Department has developed an Ardhi Pay system that is linked to the E-citizen which shall help in the implementation of the policy.
The 18 stations where the Cashless policy is already in effect include Wundanyi, Kiambu, Muranga, Ruiru, Thika, Ngong, Kajiado, Eldoret, Mombasa, Kisumu, Trans Nzoia, Machakos, Gatundu, Naivasha, Survey of Kenya, Ardhi House, Yatta, and Kisamis.
“One is required to log into ardhisasa.lands.go.ke, register an account to begin transacting and under Land Administration, click on Land Rent, then click on Pay Land Rent, enter Title Number on the Search section using the following formats: Registration Unit/Registration Section/Parcel Number,” he said.
CS Njeru further stated that the ministry will carry out an audit of its registry across the country to enhance service delivery and the readiness for cashless collection.
The CS added the audit will be spearheaded by eight teams in an exercise that will take 14 days in which they will visit each registry and give a status report on the readiness of digitization.
The team’s goal includes scanning all documents on the registry to be available on the electronic platform.