Acts and Legal Frameworks
This page provides the primary legal instruments that establish Kenya's climate and environmental governance structures, define institutional mandates, and set the legal basis for climate action, compliance, and accountability.
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Biosafety Act, 2009
An Act of Parliament to establish the National Biosafety Authority, to regulate activities in genetically modified organisms, and for connected purposes.
Climate Change Act, 2016
An Act of Parliament to provide for a regulatory framework for enhanced response to climate change; to provide for mechanism and measures to achieve low carbon climate resilient development, and for connected purposes.
County Governments Additional Allocations Act, 2022
Provides the legal basis for additional allocations to County Governments for the 2022 cycle, including conditional grants, loans, and other devolved funding.
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County Governments Additional Allocations Act, 2024
Provides the legal basis for additional allocations to County Governments, including conditional allocations and loans that support devolved functions.
Energy Act, 2019
An Act of Parliament to consolidate the laws relating to energy, to provide for National and County Government functions in relation to energy, to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of the energy sector entities.
Environment and Land Court Act, 2011
An Act of Parliament to give effect to Article 162(2)(b) of the Constitution; to establish a superior court to hear and determine disputes relating to the environment and the use and occupation of, and title to, land.
Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999
The framework law on environmental management and conservation in Kenya. It establishes the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and provides for the legal framework for environmental management.
Health Act, 2017
An Act of Parliament to establish a unified health system, to coordinate the inter-relationship between the national government and county government health systems, to provide for regulation of health care service providers and health products and technologies.
Irrigation Act, 2019
An Act of Parliament to provide for the development, management and regulation of irrigation, to support sustainable food security and socioeconomic development in Kenya, and for connected purposes.
Land Act, 2012
An Act of Parliament to give effect to Article 68 of the Constitution, to revise, consolidate and rationalize land laws; to provide for the sustainable administration and management of land and land based resources.
National Drought Management Authority Act, 2016
An Act of Parliament to establish the National Drought Management Authority, to provide for the coordination of drought management and response, and for connected purposes.
National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act, 2015
An Act of Parliament to provide for the establishment of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund and for connected purposes.
Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019
An Act of Parliament to make provision for the planning, use, regulation and development of land and for connected purposes.
Seeds and Plant Varieties Act
An Act of Parliament to confer power to regulate transactions in seeds, including provision for the testing and certification of seeds; for the establishment of an index of names of plant varieties.
Tourism Act, 2011
An Act of Parliament to provide for the development, management, marketing and regulation of the tourism industry in Kenya, to provide for the establishment of tourism related bodies and for connected purposes.
Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013
An Act of Parliament to provide for the protection, conservation, sustainable use and management of wildlife in Kenya and for connected purposes.