Mombasa

Public administration

SDLPP

State Department for Lands and Physical Planning

National department responsible for land registration, surveys, valuation and physical planning. Its office directory distinguishes locations and functions; the relevant registry, territorial authority and available digital service must be identified for each particular property.

Public administration

NLC

National Land Commission

Constitutional commission responsible for public land and land-governance oversight. It also provides routes concerning historical land injustices and traditional dispute mechanisms; its county coordination offices are distinct from the State Department’s title registries.

Public administration

KRA

Kenya Revenue Authority

National revenue authority providing information on property capital gains and rental income. Its contact centre and office directory route tax enquiries; land rents and county property rates remain separate responsibilities requiring the appropriate authority for the property.

Public company

NHC

National Housing Corporation

Public housing operator offering property sales, rentals and housing-related services. Its contacts concern its own estates and projects; availability, application terms and the current corporate form should be checked rather than inferred from older property advertisements.

Public administration

Invest Kenya

Kenya Investment Authority

Public investment promotion and facilitation authority. Its enquiry point and procedures portal route investors and projects; this support does not establish land ownership, confer a building permit or guarantee approval by another responsible public authority.

Professional body

LSK

Law Society of Kenya

Advocates’ professional body offering public resources, practitioner search and complaint referral. Notaries public follow a separate appointment route; an advocate’s membership alone does not establish notarial status or confirm current authority for a particular property transaction.

Public administration

LSB

Land Surveyors’ Board

Statutory board regulating licensed land surveyors and their practice. Its website provides organisational contacts and a practitioner-search route; it is distinct from Survey of Kenya, which performs public surveying and mapping functions for land administration.

Public administration

BORAQS

Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors

Board regulating architects and quantity surveyors, their registration and professional conduct. Its public lists distinguish practitioners and firms; displayed status and current permission to practise should be checked before commissioning advice or design for a property project.

Public administration

EBK

Engineers Board of Kenya

Statutory board responsible for engineer registration, licensing and oversight of engineering practice. Its compliance services provide a route to verify technical practitioners; the Institution of Engineers of Kenya is a separate professional association rather than this statutory regulator.

Public administration

VRB

Valuers Registration Board

Board regulating land and property valuation and maintaining registered valuers and annual licence information. Its directory displays practice status; professional registration does not guarantee a valuation outcome or certify ownership of the property being assessed.

Public administration

PPRB

Physical Planners Registration Board

Board regulating registration and practice of physical planners. Its publications include a 2026 practitioner list; a registered consultant remains distinct from the public office responsible for approving a plan or granting local development permission.

Public administration

EARB

Estate Agents Registration Board

Statutory board responsible for registering and overseeing estate agents. Its public directory distinguishes individual agents and companies and displays standing; it supports checks before engagement without constituting an iZAO endorsement of a particular practitioner.

Public administration

KNBS

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

National statistics body disseminating censuses, surveys and territorial publications. Its data-request contact and county-office directory route household and housing enquiries; reference periods, definitions and release status must be checked before interpreting an indicator or local statistic.

Public administration

NCA

National Construction Authority

Public authority regulating construction, contractor registration and project oversight. Its register and services support checks before building; NCA registration does not replace land, environmental or county development approvals required for the particular construction project.

Nairobi county government providing development-control, inspection, property-rate and public-housing enquiry routes. Its guidance applies within Nairobi only; other counties require their own responsible authorities, and the county contact is not a national land-registry switchboard.

Specialist superior court handling disputes concerning environment, land use, occupation and title. Its registry and stations provide enquiry routes; court jurisdiction must be distinguished from mediation, rent tribunals and administrative land-registration services for the particular matter.

Tribunal handling certain controlled residential tenancies. The judicial directory provides an enquiry contact; the dispute’s eligibility and appropriate registry must be confirmed rather than assuming that every residential rental falls within this tribunal’s jurisdiction.

Directorate responsible for registering land transactions and associated instruments. Searches, transfers and record requests should be directed to the responsible registry; central State Department contacts are referral channels rather than direct contacts for every local office.

Public survey and mapping directorate producing and maintaining geographical and cadastral information. Its technical function differs from title registration and from the professional regulation of surveyors undertaken by the separate Land Surveyors’ Board.

National directorate supporting and coordinating physical planning. It advises on policies, standards and plans; county development-control services and building-permit routes must be identified separately for each project rather than inferred from the national headquarters.

Tribunal handling disputes in certain controlled business tenancies. Its role differs from the residential rent tribunal; the judicial tribunals secretariat provides referral to the current registry and an enquiry route concerning the particular lease.