Ardhisasa and Sectional Titles: What Nairobi Apartment Owners and Buyers Need to Know By Purity K. Mbaabu, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Purity K. Mbaabu & Associate Advocates, Nairobi. Published 5 November 2026.
Ardhisasa and Sectional Titles: What Nairobi Apartment Owners and Buyers Need to Know By Purity K. Mbaabu, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Purity K. Mbaabu & Associate Advocates, Nairobi. Published 5 November 2026. If you own, plan to buy or want to sell an apartment in Nairobi, two changes matter to you. Land dealings have moved onto Ardhisasa, the Ministry of Lands' online land information system. And the Sectional Properties Act, 2020 has changed how apartment ownership is meant to be recorded. Banks, buyers and the Lands Registry increasingly expect something different from owners holding old LR titles or developer subleases. This article explains both changes in plain terms, what to check before you pay a deposit, and where the law and registry practice are still unsettled. The short answer. Before you buy or sell an apartment in Nairobi, do an official search on Ardhisasa and find out whether the development has been converted to sectional titles. If you hold only...