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The Ministry of Lands has announced a system outage affecting access to the Ardhi Sasa platform.

The Ministry of Lands has announced a system outage affecting access to the Ardhi Sasa platform.

In a notice on Wednesday, September 9, the ministry said the disruption would potentially disrupt users seeking to access land-related services through the system.

"We are currently experiencing a system outage, which may result in limited access to the platform," the notice read.

The ministry said its technical team is working to restore the platform and resolve the issue as quickly as possible, while apologising to users for the inconvenience caused by the downtime.

"Our team is working diligently to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding," the notice added.

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File image of Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome

This comes months after the State Department for Lands and Physical Planning announced the expansion of the Ardhisasa digital land management platform to additional registration sections and blocks in Mombasa.

In a statement on Monday, July 20, the government said the new areas would be onboarded onto the live digital platform from July 20, as part of the ongoing digitisation of land services in the coastal city.

"The State Department for Lands and Physical Planning hereby informs all members of public seeking services from Mombasa Land Office that; following the rollout of Ardhisasa in Mombasa Island on 21st July 2025 for Mombasa/Block XVI and Mombasa/Block XVII, further progress has been achieved and additional registration sections/blocks are now ready for onboarding onto the live digital platform with effect from 20th July, 2026," the statement read.

The registration sections and blocks covered by the latest expansion are Mombasa/Block XLV, Mombasa/Block XVI, Mombasa/Block XIII, Mombasa/Block XXXI, Mombasa/Block XXIX, Mombasa/Block XXXIII, and Mombasa/Block XXXIV.

Others are Mombasa/Block XIV, Mombasa/Block XVII, Mombasa/Block XV, Mombasa/Block XXX, Mombasa/Block XLII, Mombasa/Block XII, Mombasa/Block XXIII, and Mombasa/Block XLVII.

"All stakeholders - including landowners, practitioners, and members of the public - are advised to submit applications for the above registration sections/ blocks through the live Ardhisasa platform," the statement added.

The department announced that manual processing of transactions for the affected registration sections and blocks would end on July 20.