Drones will capture data for land titling, says expert

SANFROSSA MANYINDA writes
@SunZambian

A TEAM of drone pilots will be undertaking the capturing of data on properties for easy and quick issuance of certificates of titles in Kitwe, Ndola and Kalulushi.
The team of drone pilots from Medici Land Governance (MLG) would be conducting the exercise behalf of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.
MLG Drone Manager, Martin Buchert, said initial activities of the programme involved the capturing of aerial images using drones which would be flown around the cities from now up the end of this month.
The drone images would be used to capture properties which would be used to issue certificates of titles.
Mr Buchert was speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Kitwe Town Clerk Mbulo Seke.
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MLG to test new methodologies of data collection and develop a National Land Titling System.
The National Land Titling Programme started in 2017 under the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) with an overall objective of ensuring security of tenure for the people and to minimise displacement of citizens who genuinely own land.
Government intends to deliver four million land titles countywide in the next seven years.
Medici Land Governance would provide all the financing to roll out the programme and would be paid a fixed fee for each title produced.
The Town Clerk urged citizens to render all the support needed for the programme to be successful.