Property owners should maintain the fences, walls and other features that mark boundaries in good order.

I recently bought a plot on Kangundo and engaged a registered surveyor who took measurements in line with a map obtained from the Ministry of Lands. Ironically, a neighbour who later bought an adjacent plot shocked me with a map that allegedly shows that nearly half of his plot overlaps mine. In a bid for us to resolve the dispute amicably out of court, he engaged the services of another professional surveyor who took measurements of the area and came up with the “correct measurements” as per the map. What does the law say about boundaries? Can such boundary disputes be resolved in court or by the land registrar?

Mary, Kangundo Road.