Section 33 of The Environmental Management and Coordination Act CAP 387: Powers of the Complaints Committee

No proceedings shall lie against the Chairperson or any member of the Complaints Committee in respect of anything done bona fide in the performance of the duties of the Complaints Committee under this...

(1) If a member of the Complaints Committee is directly or indirectly interested in any matter before the Complaints Committee and is present at a meeting of the Complaints Committee at which the...

(1) There shall be paid to the Chairperson and members of the Complaints Committee, such remuneration, fees or allowances for expenses as the Cabinet Secretary may determine. (2) The remuneration...

(1) The Authority shall, within two years of the commencement of this Act and every six years thereafter, formulate the National Environmental Action Plan and shall ensure that it has undertaken...

The national environment action plan shall— (a) contain an analysis of the natural resources of Kenya with an indication as to any pattern of change in their distribution and quantity over time; (b)...

(1) Every County Environment Committee shall, within one year of the commencement of this Act and every five years thereafter, prepare a county environment action plan in respect of the county for...

Every county environment action plan prepared under section 40 shall contain provisions dealing with matters contained in section 38 (a) to (j) in relation to their respective county.

The purpose of environmental action plans is to co-ordinate and harmonise the environmental policies, plans, programmes and decisions of the national and county governments, as the case may be, in...

(1) The Authority shall monitor compliance with the national and county environmental action plans and may take any steps or make any inquiries that it may consider necessary in order to determine if...

(1) No person shall, without the prior written approval of the Authority given after an environmental impact assessment, in relation to a river, lake, sea or wetland in Kenya, carry out any of the...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, declare the traditional interests of local communities customarily resident within or around a lake basin, wetland, coastal zone or river basin...

The Authority shall, in consultation with the relevant lead agencies, develop, issue and implement regulations, procedures, guidelines and measures for the sustainable use of hill sides, hill tops,...

(1) Every County Environment Committee shall identify the hilly and mountainous areas under their jurisdiction which are at risk from environmental degradation. (2) A hilly or mountainous area is at...

(1) Every County Environment Committee shall specify which of the areas identified in accordance with section 45(1) are to be targeted for afforestation or reforestation. (2) Every County Environment...

(1) The Authority shall, in consultation with the relevant lead agencies, issue guidelines and prescribe measures for the sustainable use of hill tops, hill slides and mountainous areas. (2) The...

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and the Forest Conservation and Management Act (Cap. 285) the Authority may, after consultation with the Chief Conservator of Forests, enter into any contractual...

(1) The Authority shall, in consultation with the relevant lead agencies, promote the use of renewable sources of energy by— (a) promoting research in appropriate renewable sources of energy; (b)...

The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the advice of the Authority, prescribe measures necessary to ensure the conservation of biological diversity in Kenya and in this respect the Authority shall— (a)...

The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the recommendation of the Authority, prescribe measures adequate to ensure the conservation of biological resources in situ and in this regard shall issue guidelines...

The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the recommendation of the Authority— (a) prescribe measures for the conservation of biological resources ex-situ especially for those species threatened with...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the recommendation of the Authority, issue guidelines and prescribe measures for the sustainable management and utilisation of genetic resources of Kenya for the...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, in consultation with the relevant lead agencies and in accordance with the Constitution, the Convention on Biological Diversity and other treaties, by notice in the...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, declare an area to be a protected Zone. (2) The Cabinet Secretary shall conduct a survey of the coastal zone and prepare an integrated...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary in consultation with the Authority, undertake or commission other persons to undertake national studies and give due recognition to developments in scientific knowledge...

The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with relevant lead agencies, issue guidelines and prescribe measures on climate change.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any relevant revenue Act, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance may, on the recommendation of the Council, propose to Government tax and other fiscal...

(1) All Policies, Plans and Programmes for implementation shall be subject to Strategic Environmental Assessment. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, the plans, programmes and policies are those that...

(1) Notwithstanding any approval, permit or license granted under this Act or any other law in force in Kenya, any person, being a proponent of a project, shall before for an financing, commencing,...

(1) Upon receipt of an environmental impact assessment study report from any proponent under section 58(2), the Authority shall cause to be published in the Gazette, in at least two newspapers...

A lead agency shall, upon the written request of the Director-General, submit written comments on an environmental impact assessment study, evaluation and review report within thirty days from the...

The Authority may set up a technical advisory committee to advise it on environmental impact assessment related reports and the Director-General shall prescribe the terms of reference and rules of...

The Authority may require any proponent of a project to carry out at his own expense further evaluation or environmental impact assessment study, review or submit additional information for the...

The Authority may, after being satisfied as to the adequacy of an environmental impact assessment study, evaluation or review report, issue an environmental impact assessment licence on such terms and...

(1) The Authority may, at any time after the issue of an environmental impact assessment licence direct the holder of such licence to submit at his own expense a fresh environmental impact assessment...

(1) An environmental impact assessment licence may be transferred by the holder to another person only in respect of the project in relation to which such licence was issued. (2) Where an...

(1) No civil or criminal liability in respect of a project or consequences resulting from a project shall be incurred by the Government, the Authority or any impact assessment study, evaluation or...

(1) The Authority may, after the issuance of an environmental impact assessment licence— (a) cancel or revoke such licence; or (b) suspend such licence, for such time, not more than twenty four...

(1) The Authority or its designated agents shall be responsible for carrying out environmental audit of all activities that are likely to have significant effect on the environment. (2) An...

(1) The Authority shall, in consultation with the relevant lead agencies, monitor— (a) all environmental phenomena with a view to making an assessment of any possible changes in the environment and...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the recommendation of the Authority— (a) establish criteria and procedures for the measurement of water quality; (b) recommend to the Authority minimum water...

(1) Any person, who upon the coming into force of this Act, discharges or applies any poison, toxic, noxious or obstructing matter, radioactive waste or other pollutants or permits any person to dump...

All owners or operators of irrigation project schemes, sewerage systems, industrial production workshops or any other undertaking which may discharge effluents or other pollutants shall within ninety...

(1) Every owner or operator of a trade or industrial undertaking shall discharge any effluents or other pollutants originating from the trade or industrial undertaking only into existing sewerage...

(1) No entity operating a sewerage system or owner or operator of any trade or industrial undertaking shall discharge any effluents or other pollutants into the environment without an effluent...

The Authority may in writing, cancel any effluent discharge licence— (a) if the holder of the licence contravenes any provision of this Act or any regulations made thereunder; (b) if the holder...

The Authority shall maintain a register of all effluent discharge licences issued under this Act. The register shall be a public document and may be inspected at any reasonable hour by any person on...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the recommendation of the Authority— (a) establish criteria and procedures for the measurement of air quality; (b) set— (i) ambient air quality standards; (ii)...

(1) The Cabinet Secretary, subject to the Constitution and any other relevant laws may on the advice of the Authority, by Gazette Notice, declare any area to be a controlled area for the purposes of...

(1) An owner or operator of a trade, industrial undertaking or an establishment which after the commencement of this Act, is emitting a substance or energy which is causing or is likely to cause air...

(1) Before issuing a licence in respect of emissions, the Authority shall— (a) consider the possible effects of the emissions on the quality of ambient air; (b) consider existing licences affecting...