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Quantity Surveyors Bill, 2026
Sets up a registration board and code of conduct for quantity surveyors on public projects.
Step 01
ParliamentMandatory registration to practice as a quantity surveyor.
Sponsored by Departmental Committee on Lands. Introduced on 20 May 2026. At this stage, Parliament debates and votes on the bill. The text above is the headline change that survived the floor.
- Sponsor
- Departmental Committee on Lands
- Introduced
- 20 May 2026
- Current stage
- With Committee
- Introduced in Parliament
- 20 May 2026
- Stage: With Committee
- Current
- Committee on Lands accepting memoranda until 17 June 2026.
- Next
Step 02
Regulators & IndustryContinuous professional development required every 2 years.
Once signed, regulators (KRA, CBK, line ministries) draft the rules that turn this clause into something companies must follow. Industry players adjust pricing, contracts and systems before the rules hit the public.
- Clause 1
- Mandatory registration to practice as a quantity surveyor.
- Clause 2
- Continuous professional development required every 2 years.
- Clause 3
- Sanctions for unqualified persons issuing bills of quantities.
- Draft regulations gazetted
- Week 1
- Industry consultations begin
- Week 2
- Compliance rules finalised
- Week 4
Step 03
Shops & Service ProvidersAffects Construction firms, contractors, public works departments, and quantity surveyors.
This is where the law leaves paper and starts touching transactions. Shops, banks, hospitals, schools and service providers update their tills, forms and fees. You start seeing it on receipts and payslips.
- Who feels it
- Construction firms, contractors, public works departments, and quantity surveyors.
- Media mentions
- 18 stories
- Systems & pricing updates roll out
- Month 1
- First receipts & payslips show changes
- Month 2
- Enforcement & spot-checks begin
- Month 3
Step 04
Your HomeCommittee on Lands accepting memoranda until 17 June 2026.
The final stop: your household budget, your phone, your kitchen. Committee on Lands accepting memoranda until 17 June 2026. Public sentiment so far: 22% against, 78% in support.
- Public input window
- Public input window closed (17 Jun 2026)
- Sentiment against
- 22%
- Sentiment for
- 78%
- Full effect on household budgets
- Month 3
- First impact review by Parliament
- Month 6
- Statutory annual review
- Year 1
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