President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing the forum. He has said he is pleased with the progress Nairobi is making in development. [Photo/UK/FB]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has given his approval over the continued development and transformation Nairobi City.
According to the president, the collaboration between the National and the County Governments will ensure better services for residents.
President Kenyatta pointed out that a number of projects are set to be rolled out through the partnership of the county and the national governments.
Affirming his commitment to devolution as a true means of transforming the lives of Kenyans, the President expressed optimism that the partnership in development between Nairobi County and his administration will be replicated across the remaining 46 counties for the benefit of Kenyans.
“We are not competitors, we are collaborators in our endeavor to deliver services to the people,” President Kenyatta said.
The President was speaking on Monday when he launched the Nairobi City County’s data centre, which is part of the county government’s ICT transformation roadmap to boost service delivery through digital solutions.
President Kenyatta said one area that will benefit from the collaboration between the two levels of government is in land ownership, where the move from manual paper-based service to the digital platform will ensure residents receive their title deeds in good time.
“It is our intention to ensure what the people of Nairobi have been waiting for a long time – which is the ability to have titles to their own land – is delivered,” President Kenyatta said.
The President assured that the first batch of 50,000 title deeds will be issued to the residents of Nairobi in January.