Newly elected President of Architectural Association of Kenya(AAK) George Ndege and outgoing President Arch. Florence Nyole during the President’s gala dinner at Serena Hotel on Thursday last week. [James Wanzala, Standard] Kenya is a boom in the development of its built environment. As public infrastructure projects are implemented and impact our daily lives, the processes behind their planning and design must be transparent, inclusive, and open to scrutiny. Many public and private sector projects have followed a procurement model that is exclusionary and susceptible to manipulation. The few designs that are subjected to competitions in Kenya typically begin with advertisements for financial and…