SENIOR DEPUTY CHIEF LAND REGISTRAR

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
(i) served for a minimum period of twelve (12) years and currently serving in the
grade of Deputy Chief Land Registrar CSG 6 or in a comparable relevant position
in the wider Public Service;
(ii) a Bachelors degree in Law (LLB) from a University recognized in Kenya, plus a
Post Graduate Diploma in Law from a recognized institution; and be an advocate
of the High Court of Kenya;
OR
a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Land Economics, Land
Survey or equivalent qualification from a University recognized in Kenya;
(iii) a Masters degree in any of the following disciplines: Law, Land Economics, Land
Survey or its equivalent qualification from a University recognized in Kenya;
(iv) membership to a relevant professional body;
(v) thorough knowledge of the various land registration laws and related statutes;
and
(vi) demonstrated professional competence and capability to manage, supervise,
direct and co-ordinate all land registration matters effectively.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities at this level include:
(i) coordinating development, implementation and review of land registration
policies, strategies and programmes;
(ii) interpreting, implementing and enforcing relevant land registration statutes and
regulations;
(iii) coordinating formulation of practice instructions and guidelines for
implementation of the land registration policies and strategies;
(iv) overseeing responses and attendance to court summons on land registration
matters;
(v) coordinating collection, adjudication, refund and recovery of stamp duties and
land registration fees and penalties;
(vi) coordinating land registrations appeals;
(vii) resolving complaints on land registration matters, facilitating alternative
disputes resolution;
(viii) coordinating conversion of land registration records from one statute to another;
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(ix) coordinating preparation of certificate of incorporation under Trustees Perpetual
Succession Act (Cap.164);
(x) coordinating research on land registration trends and emerging issues;
(xi) approving gazettement and replacement of lost titles; and
(xii) maintaining a database of registered land countrywide