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Quacks in building industry distorting urbanisation

By Mwangi Muiruri

The surveyors profession has been infiltrated by quacks who are fuelling land-grabbing across the country. And this in turn is distorting the face of developments and investments in real estate. The Land Surveyors Board (LSB) that is mandated to instil discipline within the sector, as provided for in the Survey Act, appears impotent and subdued.

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