PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WILL INFLUENCE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Their are two legislation in the pipeline being fronted by both the National Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development separately. The two Bills intend to a achieve a similar objective of regulating planning by aligning the Physical Planning Act to the Constitution of Kenya 2010 before the August set deadline.

This two Bills are the Physical Planning Bill and Land Use planning Bill.

It would be of importance to look at the proposal in the two Bills that might improve planning in Kenya by reducing the influence of the 'rules of experts' and facilitating citizen participation in planning.