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Surveyors seek end to unlawful land subdivision, rogue lobbies

Institution Surveyors of Kenya President Abraham Samoei during a previous interview. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK) is worried about the proliferation of real estate lobbies purporting to regulate the sector.

ISK says most of the associations are fronted by land-buying companies, which buy vast parcels of land and over-fragment them for sale, making them lose economic viability.

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