The Architectural and Quantity Surveying Practitioners Bill, 2026

Muhtasari

Repeals and replaces the Architects and Quantity Surveyors Act (Cap. 525); provides for training, registration, enrolment, licensing and practice; establishes the Architectural and Quantity Surveying Practitioners Board; provides for inspections, offences, complaints and discipline; and sets out transitional arrangements from the existing to proposed regulatory framework.

Imetolewa na

National Assembly, Kimani Ichung’wah, Leader of the Majority Party

Inawahusu

Architects, quantity surveyors, landscape architects, interior designers, construction managers, construction project managers and their related technicians; firms; and professionals in the built environment.

Kiasi

• KES 5,000.00 — fine as low as five thousand shillings for passing off as a professional under the current Act
• KES 2,000,000.00 — fine of not more than two million shillings for false registration or licensing
• KES 500,000.00 — general penalty where no penalty is otherwise provided