ROLES AND FUCTIONS

• Preparing and implementing physical and land use development plans.
• Administering and managing physical and land use planning in Machakos County.
• Enforcing procedures and standards for development control and land use regulation.
• Co-coordinating physical and land use planning activities.
• Resolving disputes related to physical and land use planning
• Promoting the equitable and sustainable use, planning and management of land.
• Overseeing the functions and relationships between planning authorities.
• Ensuring that property investments benefit local communities and their economies
• Maintaining public participation, accountability and democratic decision-making in collaboration with communities, and the government.

ROLES AND FUCTIONS

With support of World Bank through Kenya Municipal Program (KMP) and Nairobi Metropolitan Improvement Services (NAMSIP) the department has been able to achieve the following:

• Planning of 16 urban centers.
• Development of GIS Lab that contains database for street address and other related GIS systems
• SGR Embakasi spatial planning & engineering project for re-zoning and detailed engineering designs for infrastructure provision for SGR Embakasi area container deport and Syokimau area (ongoing)
• Kenol Konza bypass corridor (regional plan) zoning plan that covers 60 meters on either side of the corridor to facilitate harmonious land use (ongoing)
• Mavoko Integrated Strategic Urban Development Plan (ISUDP) for Mavoko Municipality spatial plan that provides for zoning and infrastructure provision to Facilitate controlled development (ongoing)

ROLES AND FUNCTIONS

• Installation, repair, and maintenance of market floodlights and streetlights.
• Rural electrification in the counties to promote access to electricity.
• Installation and repair of generators in county facilities.
• Preparation of Bills of Quantities and cost estimates for electrical and renewable energy projects in the county.
• Installation, repair, and maintenance of various electrical systems in all county facilities.
• Implementation of the County Energy Policy and the National Energy Act.
• Promotion, awareness, and implementation of renewable energy solutions, green energy initiatives, and clean cooking technologies.
• Formulation and implementation of energy policies, laws, regulations, county energy plans, and frameworks.
• Raising funds for projects related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, and conservation.
• Collaboration with stakeholders in service delivery.