All development (social, economic, political, environmental and administrative) activities must use land to flourish and function. It is on, in and under land that man made infrastructure such as shelter, transport and communication net work are developed to facilitate human life Land is a basic resource and platform of life which all living organism depend for their survival. Land is a fundamental factor of production for human development. In Mkuranga district land is the only resource which every person in urban or rural can use and occupies to produce various products for their daily livelihood. Land sector is responsible for facilitating creation and availability of conducive environment on land for other sector’s activities to function by ensuring creation and availability of safe and adequate land space.
In Mkuranga District Council land sector has the role of planning, surveying, valuation, preparation of renewal and regularization schemes, allocation of plots and issuance of certificate of rights of occupancies for various land uses on the earth’s surface so as to ensure safe and adequate spaces for social, economic and environmental activities as well as security of land tenure and resolution of land conflicts. The district has the total land area of 2432 km² where agricultural area 1934 km², 51 km² for Forest Land 447 km² for other uses. The Land sector Mkuranga District Council is operating under 4 sub sections which include, lands administration, lands survey, lands town planning and lands valuation
In improving efficiency and effective service delivery to its client the department is divided into three sections of Forest Management, Wildlife Conservation and Beekeeping: Land department has a total of 23 staff, 3 land officers, 1 land Surveyors, 7 Technician land surveyors, 1 Cartographer, 1 Assistant cartographer, 3 Town Planners, 1 Assistant land Officer, 2 land valuer,1 Record keeping officer and 1 Document Typist. However, the department is facing shortage of 5 staffs and working equipments to meet optimal functions of its units in service delivery. Moreover, there are unsurveyed plots for settlement in urban and rural areas, unsurveyed village lands, unevaluated community properties in developing sites, people who have not issued title deeds for the surveyed areas and low awareness of stakeholders on the land laws.
