Nairobi, Kenya — Tuesday, 4 August 2026 – The Sierra Leone delegation on a two-country study tour of land sector reforms has begun the Kenya leg of its mission, arriving in Nairobi on Sunday 2 August 2026 and launching a packed programme of institutional engagements on Monday 3 August.
Led by Deputy Secretary Alusine Sesay of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, the team brings together the Sierra Leone Land Administration Project, the National Land Commission, the Office of the Administrator and Registrar General, Medici Land Governance, and Paramount Chief PC Bai Forki Fenka of Maforki Chiefdom.
The Kenya phase builds on a highly successful week in Ghana and is aimed at deepening the delegation’s exposure to best practices in land administration, with a particular focus on digital transformation and cadastre modernisation.
The official programme opened on Monday with a courtesy call on the Office of the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Lands and Physical Planning, followed by a meeting with the leadership of Kenya’s National Land Commission.
The delegation received a comprehensive overview of the mandate of the State Department for Lands and Physical Planning and was later taken on a guided tour of the Land Administration Directorate, where they observed first-hand the operational structures supporting Kenya’s land governance framework.
On Tuesday, the second day of the mission, the team visited the Survey of Kenya and National Geospatial Data Center to explore the country’s advancements in survey and cadastre modernisation. A central feature of the session was a live demonstration of the Ardhisasa platform — Kenya’s integrated digital land information system that brings together survey data, the National Land Management Information System (NLMIS), and land registration processes.
The delegation also received a briefing on the customer care dimension of NLMIS, highlighting Kenya’s approach to accessible and transparent land service delivery.
Head of delegation Alusine Sesay described the early sessions as immensely valuable.
“Kenya’s experience in building an integrated digital land platform offers powerful lessons for Sierra Leone as we pursue our own technological reforms under the Land Administration Project. The transparency and efficiency we have seen, from cadastre modernisation to customer care, are the kinds of practical models we came here to learn from,” he said.
The study tour, which forms part of Sierra Leone’s broader push to transform its land sector through legal, institutional and technological reforms, continues in Kenya with further technical sessions and site visits planned in the coming days.
The mission underscores the country’s commitment to South-South cooperation and evidence-based reform design.
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