Abstract
The objective of this research was to harmonize political and administrative boundaries in Mavoko Constituency, Machakos County, Kenya, using geo-spatial technology and public consultation in order to address the numerous disputes that exist. Specifically, the project focused on analyzing the existing electoral and administrative boundaries in the area of study by identifying all existing gaps and overlaps, rectifying the identified gaps and overlaps and created a web based geo-portal of the harmonized sub location boundaries to enable sharing. This was achieved through first putting the various datasets on the same Spatial Reference System and comparing them in order to identify and rectify them using various geospatial operations, public consultation and field work. The result was a single harmonized layer for the sub location data set for the study area. The project finally developed a customized GIS web based portal for sharing the harmonized Sub location boundary. This was uploaded on an open source platform, which has the capability for offline use in the field. The project worked on a hypothesis that if the sub location boundaries adopted by the various Government and Public organizations and individuals doing any kind of mapping in Kenya was a single harmonized data set, the emerging issues on boundary disputes between Counties, Constituencies and County Assembly Wards (CAW’s) would not occur. This is because there would be authentic, consisted and authoritative geo-information which maintains a harmonized, consistent, reusable and readily available data. The development of the geo portal ensured that the results of the research are easily accessible on www.msc2015boundariesmavoko.info.ke/mavoko.
Highlights
The project worked on a hypothesis that if the sub location boundaries adopted by the various Government and Public organizations and individuals doing any kind of mapping in Kenya was a single harmonized data set, the emerging issues on boundary disputes between Counties, Constituencies and County Assembly Wards (CAW’s) would not occur
The development of the geo portal ensured that the results of the research are accessible on www.msc2015boundariesmavoko.info.ke/mavoko
This project reviewed administrative boundaries at the sub location level, electoral boundaries at the three levels of {County Assembly Ward (CAW), Constituency and County} and the enumeration area boundaries used by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in doing their 2009 population and housing census
Summary
This project reviewed administrative boundaries at the sub location level, electoral boundaries at the three levels of {County Assembly Ward (CAW), Constituency and County} and the enumeration area boundaries used by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) in doing their 2009 population and housing census. Kenya undertook the last boundaries delimitation in 2012 in a process that involved collection and analysis of the 2009 Kenya National Population and Housing Census, existing administrative boundaries and input from the public through public participation. This was in an effort to achieve population quota as defined in the constitution. A web-based geo-portal to enable sharing of the harmonized sub location boundary data was created
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