In a move likely to be seen by developers and building consultants as retrogressive, Kiambu County has announced the discontinuation of their Electronic Development Applications Management System (eDAMS). In a public notice, the County Executive in charge of Land, Housing, Planning & Urban Development Eunice Macharia, said the system had experienced “serious challenges” that had negatively impacted service delivery especially in the approval of development applications.
“To avoid further inconveniences and undue delays, all developers are advised to manually submit development applications at their respective Sub-county physical planning offices for processing starting 27th October 2022”, she said.
Ms Macharia asked developers with pending applications in eDAMS to re-submit them manually attaching all the required documents.
“This is a short-term measure to allow the County to make arrangements for a better system in the near future”, she assured stakeholders.
This is not the first time Kiambu eDAMS has suffered glitches resulting in major approval delays.
