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ISK Council Handover

The ISK Council's official commencement took place with great enthusiasm. The Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) organized a dynamic two-day ...

Towards a GNSS Data Accuracy Standard for Georeferencing

  By Dr. David Siriba, LS (K), MISK Department of Geospatial and Space Technology, University of Nairobi, P.O Box 30197, Nairobi ...

CAVEAT! THE PREREQUISITES FOR A LAND DEAL!

By Michael O. Okello, MISK, R.V, REA, EIA/EA Expert Land is a popular parlance in Land Economics and law. The ...

Forfeiture of Leasehold Rights in Land: A Review of Circumstances and Processes

Recently the County Government of Kakamega gave notice of its intention to repossess all undeveloped leasehold plots within Kakamega Municipality. This ...

THE CONVERSION OF TITLE DEEDS IN KENYA: THE WHY, WHAT AND WHEN?

By Ibrahim Mwathane Introduction 1.1 Land reforms When Kenyans pushed for land reforms, they kept their eyes on the wider picture. ...

Skills & Competencies Surveyors and Other Professionals Need

INTRODUCTION It is often said that the people graduating from colleges and universities nowadays are “half-baked”.. This is usually attributed to ...

Upholding Scale of Fees in Surveying Profession

A profession is an occupation founded on specialized education training with the main objectives being supplying the said skill to would ...

Dynamics of Building Maintenance During Disaster

Building maintenance generally refers to all efforts made towards ensuring that a building is fit for occupation and maintains its character. These ...

The Story of Land Adjudication in Kenya: Paradoxes, Uncertainties and Reversionary Tendencies.

By Ronald Matende-Omwoma, Abstract Land adjudication was a landmark land reform policy in Kenya aimed at the individualization of land ownership in ...

COVID-19 PANDEMIC: EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS TO LAND SECTOR INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONALS

By Ibrahim Mwathane Introduction In their write-ups, some few deep thinkers had predicted an eventuality where the world and its economy could ...