I am SABWA Brian I was born on 1/11/1988 in Nairobi, Kenya. My parents are William and Joyce Omido, and I am married.
I study Master’s program in Geographic Information Systems in Nairobi University (2018 - 2020),a former student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology 2008 - 2011 and I got KCSE certificate from Alliance High School (2002 to 2005) ,Primary schools (1994-2001) Mululu Primary School.
I speak English and Swahili. I have knowledge on Web Mapping using commercial and FOSS software, Management and Operations of Continuous Operating Reference Systems (CORS) operations, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Geodesy Engineering Survey, Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing and Project Management.
Further, I worked lead trainer in GIS and Web mapping For Regional Centre of Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) from 2015-2016, and InterGovernmental Authority for Development(IGAD) from 2014 to 2017 where I trained personnel in all IGAD member states which include Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda.
And Currently am the National Manager operating the new and Nationwide Continuous Operating Reference Systems (CORS), which is a new way of providing survey solutions to Engineers, Surveyors and planners in their day to day activities.
Project Summary
DEVELOPING A WEB MAPPING APPLICATION FOR MANAGING AND VISUALIZATION OF THE LOCATION OF KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY LAND PARCELS IN MOMBASA
In the year 2017 Kenya Ports Authority land audit, it was reported that Mombasa County has 90% of the land parcels used by the agency. The number of parcels allocated and owned by KPA in Mombasa is 171, based on land ownership documents provided by KPA land survey division; the land documents includes certificate of leases and land titles. From the 171 parcel ownership documents, only 65 of the land documents indicated the parcel acreage while 106 documents did not indicate land parcel acreage or were not legible. This research project aimed at filling the gaps in information from the audit report that is important for use and is not readily available on land ownership documents. The web application was developed using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) web development tools. Tools such as QuantumGIS (QGIS), HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), GeoJSON, LeafletJS, Apache Tomcat, JavaScript and Open layers, notepad++ were selected for the web application development.
This web mapping application provides a web-based land information system that can be utilized by all stakeholders involved in parcels related activities for Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The stakeholders include; high level managers, mid-level managers and technicians in constructions within the port The web application provides a user friendly interface that provides quick answers about the physical location, size, perimeter and current use of land. More so the web application allows the user to view additional information such as the current owner of parcels/lessee and market value of the parcels.
Research Supervisors
Dr. Collins M Mwange
