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6 T he ISK Coast regional office were launched in Mombasa in May 2004. It was the first ISK branch to be established outside Nairobi and before then all previous AGMs had been exclusively held in Nairobi. The ISK council popularized the institution through strategic outreach to relevant government Ministries and offices like The Vice President of Kenya, Ministers for Lands & Settlement, Trade and Industry, Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Lands & Environment among others. ISK also organized luncheons, dinners and public forums to help get the surveying profession and the national land agenda better understood at policy levels. 6. The late Hon Karisa Maitha, former Minsiter of Tourism toasting with former chairman Ibrahim Mwathane during the opening of the Coast office. 32 7. Hon Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, former Minister of Trade and Industry addresing ISK members during an annual dinner.