This archive report was first published on 5 January 2020.
Published on January 5, 2020, engineers in Kenya have been urged to uphold ethics in their work to prevent building collapses, amid concerns of widespread corruption in the sector.
Senior Vice Chairman of the Association of Professional Societies in East Africa Felix Okatch emphasized the importance of upholding governance aspects such as risks, technical matters, compliance, finance, human resource, audit, and Information Communication Technology in engineering work.
“The important aspects of governance are risks, technical matters, compliance, finance, human resource, audit and Information Communication Technology, and they should be upheld at every stage of whatever the engineers are doing,” Okatch said.
Okatch made the remarks at the fifth-anniversary celebrations of the Engineers Board of Kenya in Nairobi.
Chairman of the Uganda Engineers Registration Board Michael Odongo also urged professionals to adhere to both county and national laws.
Engineers were also encouraged to embrace technology to keep up with changing industry trends.
