Ardhisasa: Your Ultimate Guide

Ardhisasa, a digital platform operated by Kenya’s Ministry of Land, streamlines land records, enhances information access and eases online land transactions.

Services available on Ardhisasa

1. Land registration: Ardhisasa provides various services for land registration, including lodging caveats, replacing lost title deeds, conducting online title deed searches, assessing stamp duty, and facilitating land transfers.

2. Land valuation: Ardhisasa offers asset valuation, arbitration, government leasing, and purchase.

3. Land services administration: This includes land subdivision, land extension, renewal of lease, change in land usage, and land distancing.

4. Land allocation: Ardhisasa facilitates the allocation of government land to individuals.

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5. Physical planning: Ardhisasa assists in organizing land use activities by approving development plans, preparing land plans, and issuing compliance certificates.

6. Surveying: Land surveying services such as amalgamation of land, subdivision, and issuing land grants are also available on Ardhisasa.

Benefits of Ardhisasa

a.) A simple process for buying land: Ardhisasa is a platform that simplifies the process of acquiring land with the provision of essential services online.

b) Minimises frauds: Ardhisasa minimises fraud by making land transactions transparent. Each deal is recorded and stored in the system to beat fraudsters.

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c.) Convenience: Ardhisasa offers a high level of convenience to landowners and other parties. One can easily replace a lost title deed, conduct online title deed searches, or generate land subdivision maps while sitting in their home or office.

d) Accessibility: The portal makes all land details to be in one digital platform, easing people of going physically to land registries.

How to pay land rent on Ardhisasa

1. Open the Ardhisasa platform.

2. On Ardhisasa, sign up for an account. Click on the option that fits you, whether you are a person, a professional, or a company.

3. Click on ‘Services’ tab.

4. Select ‘Land Administration’: Navigate to the land administration tab under ‘Services’ and click ‘Pay Land Rent’.

5. Key in the title deed number for the property.

6. Select a payment method from the available options.

7. Follow the instructions to complete the payment and wait for confirmation.

Download or print the clearance certificate for your records.

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