Republic of Kenya · State Department for Mining

The operational backbone of Kenya’s Mineral Economy.

IMMIS digitises the Mining Act 2016 end-to-end: cadastre, licensing, laboratory, explosives, geodata and royalty management. From a 14-month paper application to a 78-day digital licence — for majors, juniors and the artisanal miner with a feature phone.

118
Licensed mining entities
Across 47 counties · 8 minerals
324
Active mineral rights
Cadastre cells allocated
78 days
Median licence cycle
Down from 14 months
18,420
ASM miners formalised
84 cooperatives · USSD-onboarded
Connected to every regulator that touches the mineral cycle
BRSKRA iTaxIPRSNEMANPS ExplosivesKenTradeSurvey of KenyaMineral Rights Board

A title system. A laboratory. A magazine register. A fieldwork tablet.

The Mining Act mandates five distinct regulatory functions. They have been administered on paper for fifty years. IMMIS executes all five in one operational platform, with one identity, one rule engine, one audit chain — and a public register anyone with a phone can search.

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Title integrity

Every gram of mineral right is allocated by atomic spatial-overlap checks on a digital cadastre. Two operators cannot hold the same hectare. Two applications cannot occupy the same cell. The geometry is the title.

Statutory compliance

Every approval, renewal, inspection, sample result and explosive permit follows a gazetted rule path. Rules are externalised — change them by gazette, not by code release. Every decision is audit-chained.

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Stakeholder reach

Field inspectors on ruggedised tablets · ASM miners on feature phones via *384*72# Swahili USSD · Cabinet on a single dashboard · the public on a free read-only map. One platform, every audience.

Five operational modules. Five legal mandates. One platform.

Each module replaces a paper-bound workflow with a measured, automated, audit-ready process. They share one cadastre grid, one workflow engine, one document registry, one notification channel.

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Mineral Rights & Cadastre

Atomic spatial-overlap-detecting GIS title register. 230,412 cells nationally · 324 currently allocated · 78-day median licence cycle. Replaces 50 years of paper.

2

Laboratory (LIMS)

Mines & Geological Department lab: sample chain-of-custody, QA/QC batches, digitally-signed Certificates of Analysis. ISO 17025 instrument register. 1,842 samples YTD · 5.4-day TAT.

3

Explosives Management (EMS)

From NPS purchase clearance → GPS-tracked transport with geofenced corridor → magazine balance reconciliation → blast report with vibration telemetry. 142 active permits.

4

Geodata & Library Services (GLIS)

1,842 datasets · 14.2 TB · 50 years of geoscience. Embargo + classification governance. Public datasets free to anyone with a phone. Pre-competitive data publishing for investment attraction.

5

Royalty Management

Mineral-by-mineral royalty rate registry · production-declaration intake (Form MR-12) · lab-result-driven assessment · value-add rebate workflow · strategic-mineral premium tracking · export verification + back-royalty engine. Approved assessments emit billing_event.created to RADP for collection + 70/20/10 apportionment. KES 7.81B assessed YTD.

The cadastre is the constitution of the mineral estate.

We treat the cadastre with the rigour of a land title system. Every application is checked against every active right, every KWS exclusion zone, every KFS forest reserve, every NEMA constraint — atomically, transactionally, before a single cell is allocated.

230,412
Cadastre cells nationally
2.5 km × 2.5 km grid · UTM Zone 37S internal · WGS84 view
324
Cells currently allocated
Across 118 entities
0
Open spatial conflicts
Atomic Turf.js overlap check on every submit
18,440
Cells in protected exclusion
KWS + KFS + NEMA layered exclusions
47
Counties on the grid
Co-ordinated with Survey of Kenya boundaries
100%
Title chain auditable
SHA-256 hash chain of every status transition

Built for every actor inside the regulation.

Five role-scoped portals share one identity, one cadastre, one audit trail. From the CFO of a coastal cement major to the cooperative chair on a Migori hillside — each user signs in once and sees only their slice.

Applicant / Licensee
Apply on the cadastre · file production · declare exports · upload lab samples · pay fees
Ministry Staff
Officer review · Director maker-checker · lab supervisors · field inspectors · geologists
County Office
ASM permit recommendations · scoped county view · co-op governance · local compliance
Administration
Identity provisioning · rules engine · templates · scheduled jobs · audit chain
Public Transparency
Cadastre map · licence register · open geodata · application tracker — no login
Artisanal & small-scale mining

The miner with a feature phone is a citizen of this register.

IMMIS makes formal mining accessible. Dial *384*72# on any phone. Verify your national ID via IPRS. Affiliate with a cooperative. Receive your ASM permit by SMS in Kiswahili — same legal weight as a corporate mining licence.

84
ASM cooperatives
18,420
Individual miners registered
20 min
USSD onboarding flow
Swahili
Default USSD language

Why this. Why now.

Operational gaps have made the Kenyan mining estate undermanaged for half a century. IMMIS closes the operational gaps.

The status quo
14-month licence cycles
Paper applications routed by physical motion; lost dossiers; opaque queue positions.
Title insecurity
Overlapping licences. Two operators on the same hectare. Boundary disputes in court for years.
Formalisation gap
Tens of thousands of ASM miners outside the law. No legal route to register from the field.
With IMMIS
78 days median, fully tracked
Atomic submission, SLA timers, automated reminders, maker-checker decision in one console.
Title integrity at submit
Every application checked against every active right + exclusion zone before a cell is allocated.
ASM in 20 minutes by USSD
Dial-to-permit on any feature phone. 84 cooperatives. 18,420 individual miners and counting.

Revenue collection, apportionment to counties and beneficial-ownership intelligence are delivered by IMMIS’s sister platform, RADP. The two platforms share an event bus.

Ready to see IMMIS in action?

Sign in. Open a real Migori license. Walk through the cadastre, the lab workbench, the inspection plan and the ASM USSD flow.

Open the operational console