The Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) has closed its six-year tenure with a raft of transformative milestones, including the doubling of its internally generated revenue from Ksh110 million in 2019 to Ksh230 million in 2025.
Registrar and CEO Eng. Margaret Ogai said the achievements have positioned Kenyan engineers for global competitiveness, noting that engineering remains central to the country’s industrialisation and infrastructure development.
Since 2019, EBK has significantly expanded recognition of academic programmes, accelerated graduate training, digitised services, and positioned Kenya on the global engineering stage.
“For Kenya to industrialise and meet its infrastructure goals, engineering must be at the heart of manufacturing, innovation, and public service. The progress we have made in training, regulation, and digital transformation gives us confidence that Kenyan engineers can compete and thrive globally,” stated EBK Registrar and CEO Eng. Margaret Ogai.
Among notable achievements during its tenure is the recognition of programmes, which rose from 40% in 2019 to 96% in 2025, with Kenya attaining Provisional Signatory Status to the Washington Accord, thereby boosting international recognition of local engineering qualifications.
During the same period, over 900 Graduate Engineers were trained under the Graduate Engineers Internship Programme (GEIP), doubling the number of licensed engineers from 2,100 in 2019 to 4,100 in 2025.
“We are proud to leave behind a stronger, more accountable and globally visible institution. The foundation has been laid, the next Board must build on it by pushing for full Washington Accord membership, operationalising the Kenya School of Engineering, and ensuring that every engineering project in Kenya is regulated to the highest standard,” said the outgoing Board Chairperson, Eng. Erastus Mwongera.
The Board recommends attaining full Washington Accord membership by 2029, operationalising the Kenya School of Engineering and the Kenya Academy of Engineering & Technology, as well as securing sustainable GEIP funding through an Engineers Training Levy to address challenges, including staffing shortages low compliance among foreign engineers, and gender disparities, with women representing only 10% of registered engineers.
