In a press conference yesterday, the president of the federation, Eng. Papias Kazawadi Dedeki said that people in the sector should abide with laws by registering before practicing the profession. He said that people who will contradict the directive will face sanctions.
“Though the law has been there since 2012, some people are unaware and others neglect it,” he said.
“We have written to all companies requesting them the list of their employees in construction sector, we requested them the lists of their projects so that we will carry out the monitoring in six months,” he added.
He said that some people get employed in public companies while they are not registered in the profession.
However, engineers who spoke to IGIHE said that some colleagues fear to register in the syndicate due to financial constraints and yearly contribution they request them.
For an engineer to get registered as the member of the syndicate, they require them Rwf10,000 for registration and Rwf100,000 yearly contribution.
For the graduates, they pay Rwf10,000 for registration and Rwf50,000 yearly contribution. The syndicate has 800 members.
The article 38 of law governing architects and engineers says that practitioners who are not registered in the syndicate face legal sanctions.
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