The seed policy recognizes the impact of agriculture sector on the nation’s economy and addresses challenges faced by the sector in seed production, processing, quality control by providing measures to be followed by the government. first chapter of the document provides introduction to agriculture and Kenyan economy; chapter 2 presents seed industry problems and objectives of the policy; chapter 3 details research, development and extension; chapter 4 explores seed production, processing and quality control; chapter 5 details seed marketing and distribution; chapter 6 provides its institutional framework.

This emphasizes that no person shall import or cause to be imported directly or indirectly from Zanzibar any plants or plant materials or packing material without submitting the same to an inspector at the place of entry into Kenya within twenty-four hours of such entry. Where an inspector is satisfied that any part of a plant, seed, grain or crop, or any box, bag, sack or other container, imported from Zanzibar contains or may possibly contain the pest Trogoderma granarium or any other pest or any disease, he may detain, destroy or disinfect the material.

Rule 3 of this document emphasizes that no person shall import or cause to be imported any malt or any bag containing or having contained malt unless such person is in possession of a certificate to the effect that the malt of any such bag has been fumigated within seven days before the date of shipment; or the malt has been treated and held at a temperature lethal to trogoderma granarium and subsequently bagged in clean bags and stored to the satisfaction of the ministry of agriculture of the exporting country; or the malt and the premises in which it was prepared and stored have been found free from Trogoderma granarium.

This document emphasizes that no person or vehicle shall enter or remain in the forest areas specified in the schedule for the purpose of engaging in any activity the carrying out of which is suspended under these rules.

The forests (suspension of timber harvesting and stone quarrying) rules, 1999, in these rules referred to as the principal rules, are amended in rule 5- by deleting the words “ninety (90) days from the publication of this notice” appearing in paragraph (1) and substituting therefor the following: “ninety (90) days in the case of quarrying, and three hundred and sixty (360) days in the case of timber harvesting”. The principal Rules are amended by adding at the end thereof the following new rule: upon the revocation of these rules or the exemption therefrom of any forest area under rule 5 (2), the following conditions shall apply licences shall only be issued in respect of felling plans approved by the chief conservator of forests.

These regulations lay down rules relative to the elections of candidates to represent registered tea growers or shareholders. Part II provides for the establishment of smallholder leaf collection centre area committees and their election. Part III for the establishment of smallholder tea leaf base committees and their elections, Part IV for election of smallholder tea factory committees, Part V for election to Kenya tea development agency limited and, Part Vi for the election to the tea board of Kenya. smallholder leaf collection centre area committees shall be established in every tea growing area. the committees shall foster tea development, promote tea farming, supervise leaf grading, etc.

It emphasizes that every application to the board under section 8 of the Act for registration as a small holder tea grower shall be as prescribed in Form A in the Schedule and in the case of a plantation grower, as prescribed in Form A1 in the schedule.

These regulations make provision for the determination of the origin of goods, for the issue of certificates of origin, and for related matters. Goods shall be deemed to be wholly obtained in Kenya if they are harvested, gathered, collected, fished, hunted, etc. in Kenya (reg. 3). Regulation 3 sets out also criteria for the determination of goods that have undergone substantial transformation” in Kenya. Processes that not confer origin of goods are listed in regulation 4. Regulations 11 to 14 concern the validation of the visa accompanying the goods and the certificate of origin in the case that doubts about the origin of the goods arise in the country of importation.”””

This establishes a scheme called the fruit, nut and tree crops scheme, which applies to all plant varieties of fruit, nut and tree crops which conform with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of any of the genera or species specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto.

This is a parliamentary Act to amend, define and consolidate the law relating to intestate and testamentary succession and the administration of estates of deceased persons; and for purposes connected therewith and incidental thereto.

This is a parliamentary Act to effect reforms in the law relating to civil actions and prerogative writs.

This is a parliamentary Act to give effect to articles 19 (2), 48, 50 (2) (g) and (h) of the constitution to facilitate access to justice and social justice, to establish the national legal aid service; to provide for legal aid, and for the funding of legal aid and for connected purposes.

This is a parliamentary Act relating to children born out of wedlock. It emphasizes that a person claiming that he or his parent or any remoter ancestor became or has become a legitimated person may whether domiciled in Kenya or elsewhere and whether a Kenya citizen or not, apply by petition to the court praying for a decree declaring that the petitioner is the legitimate child of his parents, and the court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the application and to make such decree declaratory of the legitimacy or illegitimacy of that person as to the court may seem just, and the decree shall be binding to all intents and purposes on the government and all persons whomsoever.

An Act of parliament to prescribe periods for the limitation for actions and arbitrations, and to make provision concerning the acquisition of easements by prescription, and for matters incidental thereto and matters connected therewith.

The National School Meals and Nutrition Strategy was developed to guide the implementation of Kenya’s school meals initiatives at pre-primary and primary schools, abiding by the broad national goals stipulated in the country’s Vision 2030 and in line with the Kenyan constitution (2010). It builds upon relevant policies and laws that relate to the education, health and nutrition of Kenyan school children, as well as the development of smallholder farmers. It envisages a robust, nationally owned, sustainable and cost-effective set of school meal initiatives that will address the key outcomes of different sectors, such as enrolment, retention and transition rates, food and nutrition insecurity, and health and hygiene practices.

This National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2018-2022 is a five-year plan to steer Kenya’s climate change action. The plan derives from the climate change act (number 11 of 2016), which requires the government of Kenya (GOK) to develop action plans to guide the mainstreaming of climate change into sector functions. Seven priority areas underpin NCCAP 2018- 2022; disaster risk management; food and nutrition security; water and the blue economy; forestry; wildlife, and tourism; health, sanitation, and human settlements; manufacturing; and energy and transport. Through these priority areas, climate change action is aligned to the government’s big four agenda, and the sustainable development goals (SDGS). It seeks to increase the number of households and entities benefiting from devolved adaptive services; improve the ability of people to cope with drought and floods; improve the coordination and delivery of disaster management response and improve crop productivity through roll out of actions in the Kenya climate smart agriculture (KCSA).

The National Spatial Plan (NSP) aims at providing a spatial framework for the country to achieve economic efficiency, global competitiveness, balanced regional development, livable and functional human settlements and environmental sustainability for high quality of life. It is geared towards facilitating realization of the constitutional promises as enshrined in the bill of rights including the right to a clean and healthy environment. It lays a foundation for the promotion of the land policy principles of equity, efficiency, productivity and sustainable use of the land resource. It covers the entire country encompassing all the forty-seven (47) counties and includes the exclusive economic zone. It also outlines policies and strategies aimed at optimizing the country’s potential while mitigating the challenges.

This framework was developed to promote climate resilient and low carbon growth sustainable agriculture that ensures food security and contributes to national development goals in line with Kenya Vision 2030. it also gives an overview of the existing plans related to climate smart agriculture, points out strategic issues and their solutions.

The purpose of this national policy on climate finance is to improve Kenya’s ability to mobilize and effectively manage and track adequate and predictable climate change finance. This policy sets out a guiding framework to enhance national financial. The policy document is organized into six chapters, with the first chapter providing the policy overview, context and goal. The second chapter provides a situational analysis of climate finance, and chapter three identifies the scope for climate finance in Kenya. Chapter four sets out the strategic interventions that work toward the achievement of the policy’s goals and objectives. The fifth chapter provides an overview of the governance structures to implement the policy, and chapter six deals with financial requirements. The appendix provides a list of definitions.

The overall goal of the strategy is to accelerate actions towards the achievement of constitutional, vision 2030 and the presidential directives of 10% national tree cover, for environmental integrity and social economic development. It aims to produce 1.8 billion quality tree seedlings by 2022 needed to increase tree cover to 10%.