GGK wrote:If things worked perfectly, demarcated land should be in rectangle portions whose one side is twice the length of the other.
A 1/4 of acre of should be 10,890 ft² which in theory should be 74' x 148'
An 1/8 of an acre should be 5445 ft² or 52' x 104'
Such figures are difficult for Wanjiku and thus the wide use of 50x100 for a quarter.
Actually, in Kenya all land is surveyed in metric units - metres and hectares. We did away with feet and acres a loooooooooooooooooong time ago. But land brokers have adamantly refused to move on.
I still remember the days when mabatis were measured in feet. They were 6ft, 7ft, 8ft, 9ft and 10ft long. For several years fundis had a rough time re-doing the roof measurements in order to be consistent with the "new" 2m, 2.5m and 3m standards....
Same problems had be witnessed earlier when weights changed from pounds to kilograms...and liquid volumes from pints to litres - to this day there are people who still call the half-litre packet of milk a "pint"...... wewe; wacha tu!
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