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Human Tissue Act
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision with respect to the use of parts of bodies of deceased persons for therapeutic purposes and purposes of medical education and research; and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Kenya • 1966 • Health
Hire Purchase Act
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for the regulation of certain hire-purchase agreements, and for the licensing of hire-purchase concerns, and for purposes connected therewith.
Kenya • 2017 • Trade, Industry and Investment
Kenya Railways Corporation Act
Kenya, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the establishment of a Corporation to be known as Kenya railways, for the transfer to the corporation of the undertakings of the East African Railways Corporation within Kenya, for the functions of the corporation and for purposes connected therewith.
Kenya • 2009 • Infrastructure and Construction
Accountants Act
Kenya, The National Treasury and Planning
This parliamentary Act provides for the establishment, powers and functions of the institute of certified public accountants of Kenya and the Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board; to provide for the examination of accountants and company secretaries and for the registration of accountants, and for connected purposes.
Kenya • 2008 • Finance
Rating Act
Kenya, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the imposition of rates on land and buildings in Kenya; to amend the law relating to valuation and rating in Kenya; and for purposes connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Kenya • 2012 • Infrastructure and Construction
Records Disposal Act
Department of Justice, Kenya
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the disposal of records in the custody of the high court or the Registrar-General.
Kenya • 2017 • Justice
Refinery Throughput Tax Act
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act to impose a tax on refinery throughput and for matters incidental thereto.
Kenya • 1982 • Trade, Industry and Investment
Registration of Business Names Act
Kenya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for the registration of firms, individuals and corporations carrying on business under a business name, and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
Kenya • 2006 • Trade, Industry and Investment
Refugees Act
Kenya, The National Treasury and Planning
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for the recognition, protection and management of refugees and for connected purposes.
Kenya • 2017 • Economy
Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Act, 2015
Kenya, Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the granting of pension and other retirement benefits to persons who hold the office of the deputy president and persons who have served as prime minister, vice-president or speaker, deputy chief justice or chief justice after the 1st January 1993, and for connected purposes.
Kenya • 2015 • Labour
Retirement Benefits Act
Kenya, Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services
This is a parliamentary Act that establishes a retirement benefits authority for the regulation, supervision and promotion of retirement benefits schemes, the development of the retirement benefits sector and for connected purposes.
Kenya • 2019 • Labour
Revision of the Laws Act
Department of Justice, Kenya
This is a parliamentary Act that makes provision for the contents of, and for revisions of, the laws of Kenya and for matters connected therewith.
Kenya • 2012 • Justice
Road Maintenance Levy Fund Act, 1993
Kenya, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works
This is a parliamentary Act that provides for the imposition of a road maintenance levy on petroleum fuels and for the establishment and administration of a road maintenance levy fund and for connected purposes.
Kenya • 2015 • Infrastructure and Construction
National Disaster Response Plan
Kenya, The National Treasury and Planning
This plan recognizes the lead role of the Kenya government in coordinating disaster preparedness and response. The plan seeks to build upon, streamline and strengthen the already existing coordination structures in Kenya. The plan recognizes the use of internationally recognized tools and procedures in disaster response. The plan builds upon the humanitarian code of conduct and charter and the sphere standards. The plan aims to strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels and thus contributing to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for action that seeks to build the resilience of nations and communities to disasters.
Kenya • 2009 • Economy
The Science, Technology and Innovation Act, 2013
Kenya, Ministry of Education
This is an Act to facilitate the promotion, coordination and regulation of the progress of science, technology and innovation of the country; to assign priority to the development of science, technology and innovation; to entrench science, technology and innovation into the national production system and for connected purposes. Key points of the act include the establishment of advisory research committees, licensing of research and the establishment of the agency and national research fund.
Kenya • 2013 • Education
Plan of Action (2008 – 2012) to Implement the National Policy on Gender and Development
Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation
This plan of action addresses the nine areas of the national gender policy and sessional Paper No. 2 of 2006 on gender equality and development: removal of impediments to equal access to economic and employment opportunities for men and women; poverty eradication and promotion of sustainable livelihoods; legal reforms to guarantee Kenyan men and women equality before the law, as provided for in the constitution and under the obligations of the Kenyan State in international law etc. The document is divided into five chapters. Chapter one introduces gender mainstreaming, which traces the historical journey of gender and gender mainstreaming concepts in development to bring out the policy imperatives on which the plan of action is based. This chapter also highlights the implementation status of policies, challenges, and the justification of the plan of action. Chapter two indicates the structures for implementing the Plan of Action. Chapter three presents briefs on the implementation strategies. Chapter four summarizes proposed activities, indicators, and implementation schedules with a detailed work plan in a log frame. Chapter five gives a brief on the monitoring & evaluation system to be followed as the implementation process occurs.
Kenya • 2008 • Agriculture and Rural Development
Kenya National Adaptation Plan 2015-2030
Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation
The plan sets out Kenya’s national circumstances, focusing on current and future climate trends, and describes the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It also elaborates institutional arrangements, including monitoring and evaluation processes. Priority actions are identified in 20 planning sectors for the short, medium and long term. This builds on the premise that all the socioeconomic sectors are vulnerable to climate change impacts, although the manifestation of these impacts may vary from one sector to the other.
Kenya • 2015 • Economy
National Climate Change Response Strategy
Kenya, The National Treasury and Planning
In response to the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change, Kenya has developed this national climate change response strategy. the vision of the Strategy is for a prosperous and climate change resilient Kenya. The mission is to strengthen and focus nationwide actions towards climate change adaptation and GHG emission mitigation. This will be achieved by ensuring commitment and engagement of all stakeholders while taking into account the vulnerable nature of Kenya’s natural resources and society. The objectives are to: enhance understanding of the global climate change regime: the negotiation process, international agreements, policies and processes and most importantly the positions Kenya needs to take in order to maximize beneficial effects of climate change; assess the evidence and impacts of climate change in Kenya, and recommend robust adaptation and mitigation measures needed to minimize risks associated with climate change while maximizing opportunities.
Kenya • 2010 • Economy
Kenya National Social Protection Policy
Kenya, The National Treasury and Planning
This policy has an overarching goal is to ensure that all Kenyans live in dignity and exploit their human capabilities for their own social and economic development. To attain this, the following broad policy objectives will be pursued: protecting individuals and households from the impact of adverse shocks to their consumption that is capable of pushing them into poverty or into deeper poverty , supporting individuals and households to manage these shocks in ways that do not trap them in poverty by reducing their exclusion and strengthening their ability to graduate from social assistance and to become financially self-sufficient etc.
Kenya • 2011 • Economy
Master Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Water Catchment Areas in Kenya
Kenya, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works
The master plan defines intervention areas as any existing degraded environment that requires remedial action. From the analysis of the status of the waters catchments in Kenya, key outputs have been detailed in the work plan for the sustainable management of water catchment areas within the framework of the National Water Catchment Conservation Programme (NWCCP). These include a. improved partnerships and participation of stakeholders in the management of water catchment areas; strengthened capacity of communities to implement WCA programmes.
Kenya • 2012 • Infrastructure and Construction