NMS restores Quick Response coding system for property plans

NMS restores Quick Response coding system for property plans

The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has restored the Quick Response (QR) coding system under the e-construction permit system.

NMS director-general Mohamed Badi made the announcement and said the QR coding system makes it easier for Nairobi property developers to have their development plans approved virtually and eliminates the need for stamping the plans, which required the applicants to present them physically. Successful applicants will be issued with e-construction permits.

Online QR code system

The online QR code system for development plans was launched on March 29. It provides a unique identification of all approved architectural and structural plans, eliminating the need for property developers to submit hard copies of development plans for stamping upon approval. It also reduces the approval time for construction permits.

The approvals were halted in August last year after hitches in the Planning department that led to the suspension of some officials. The value of approved housing projects had dropped from Sh210 billion in 2018 to Sh141.27 billion in 2019, according to last February’s Architectural Association of Kenya report citing the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

“The delay in the processing of construction permits by the Nairobi government negatively affects all persons in the construction value chain by prolonging project implementation timelines,” said AAK.

E-construction development control system

Early this year, City Hall announced a weekly plan to approve construction permits to clear the eight-month backlog. President Uhuru Kenyatta established the NMS and directed Badi to streamline projects development and clear approvals that had accumulated following the takeover of City Hall by corruption cartels. E-construction development control system for development applications approval processing at the Lands and Physical Planning sector was then introduced

“In May, we gained administrator and super access rights of the e-construction system, which has enabled us to incorporate competent processing of the development applications for approval in a timely and predictable way,” said Mr. Badi.

Mr Badi also clarified that all applications processed through the system between March 18 and May 14 were valid subject to verification. Development application documents approved and verified between March 18 and November 18 will not undergo the QR coding as a mark of final approval.

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