Impacts of land information system on land services delivery Case of Gasabo District (2015-2023)

Abstract

The general objective of this study were to explore the impacts of land information system on land services delivery. Case study of Gasabo district (2015 -2023). Specific objectives were to identify the benefits of land information system in Gasabo district, to identify the land administration services available in Gasabo district and to determine the influences of land information system on land services delivery in Gasabo district. Simple random sampling technique was applied to select households for the sample size of 100 respondents from the whole population of the study area in Gasabo district. Both primary and secondary data; primary data were gathered using questionnaires, interview and focus group discussion while secondary data were gathered using documentation review. The data were analysed using SPSS software version 22 and they were presented using frequency table and percentages. The study found out that From the results of objective one which was to identify the land administration services available in Gasabo district. For this objective, researcher conclude that, the benefits of land information system in Gasabo district were Assisting in land use planning and more revenue through taxes, Supports the easy access of land information, Supports land use planning implementation, Supports master plan implementation, Enhance accuracy and transparency in land administration services, Easy for ensuring efficient and effective land use planning implementation, and Land services got quick and people easily access land services, It supports property taxation, It helps efficient and effective land market, It Helps in monitoring the land use planning implementation, It is easy and quick land transactions process by the help of LIS, LIS reduces illegal land ownership transfers and It assists in mortgage. From the results of objective two which was to identify the land administration services available in Gasabo district, it was concluded that; land transactions, land information records, land disputes resolution, and land property taxation are the land administration services available in Gasabo district. From the results of objective three which was to examine the influences of land information system on land services delivery in Gasabo district, it was concluded that; the influences of land information system on land services delivery in Gasabo district were land information system provides the necessary information required for making the land use planning successful, land

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information system facilitates masterplan decision making in regards to master plan projects, land information system helps landowner to easily access information regarding masterplan and land use planning, land information system facilitates to monitor status of the master plans implementation, land information system provides land information that can be used for land use management process, land information system provides means to monitor land use management activities implementation, land information system offers means to change or modify the occurred changes in the existing land uses in relation to land use management, land information system makes easy mutation after sales, land information system helps to remove cost associated with printing land administration documents, land information system promoted quick land service delivery, land information system removed issue of lost or damaged land title, land information system promoted zero trip and zero paper and land information system promoted smooth access financial services.