MOROGORO, Dec. 11 -- THE Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development is in the final stages of revising the countrys land surveying and mapping laws, with plans to introduce a single, consolidated legal framework that will integrate all requirements and responsibilities previously covered under two separate statutes.

According to the ministry, the new unified law will enable the surveying profession to keep pace with rapid changes in surveying methods and modern mapping technologies.

Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Ms Lucy Kabyemera said while opening the 29th Annual General Meeting of the Institution of Surveyors Tanzania (IST) held recently in Morogoro.

Ms Kabyemera noted that the profession is currently g...