9738 Results Found
Anatomy Act Revised Edition 2012 [1968]
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This is a parliamentary Act to regulate the practice of anatomy. Regulation 3 provides for the licensing of practice of anatomy. It states that the minister may grant a licence to practise anatomy in an approved school of anatomy under some conditions outlined in this document.
Kenya • 1968 • Health
Crop Production and Livestock Act (Revised Edition)
Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation
Parliamentary Act to make provision for the control and improvement of crop production and livestock production, marketing and processing thereof. It is made up of rules and regulations for artificial insemination, culling of cattle, livestock and need to be reared in controlled areas etc.
Kenya • 2012 • Agriculture and Rural Development
Alcoholic Drinks Control Act No. 4 of 2010
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for the regulation of the production, sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks, to repeal the Chang’aa prohibition Act, the Liquor Licensing Act and for connected purposes. It is designed with an overall objective to protect the health of the individual in light of the dangers of excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks.
Kenya • 2010 • Health
Animal Diseases Act Revised Edition 2015 [2012]
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for matters relating to the diseases of animals. It defines the director’s power to declare areas infected, prohibit importation of animals. It also provides for the disposal of carcass of slaughtered animal and indemnity and payment of compensation.
Kenya • 2012 • Health
Anti-Doping Act No. 5 of 2016
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for the implementation of the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization convention against doping in sport; the regulation of sporting activities free from the use of prohibited substances and methods in order to protect the health of athletes; the establishment and management of the anti-doping agency and to provide for the agency’s powers, functions and management and for connected purposes.
Kenya • 2016 • Health
Breast Milk Substitutes (Regulation and Control) Act No. 34 of 2012
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for appropriate marketing and distribution of breast milk substitutes; provides for safe and adequate nutrition for infants through the promotion of breastfeeding and proper use of breast milk substitutes, where necessary, and for connected purposes. It establishes a committee (national committee on infant and young child feeding) to advise the cabinet secretary on the policy to be adopted in relation to infant and young child nutrition. Part III of this document prescribes the advertisement, promotion, labelling of packages and educational and informational materials.
Kenya • 2012 • Health
Cancer Prevention and Control Act 2012
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for the prevention, treatment and control of cancer and for connected purposes. This Act is designed to promote public awareness about the causes, consequences, means of prevention and control of cancer. It also establishes the national cancer institute of Kenya.
Kenya • 2012 • Health
Clinical officers (Training, Registration and Licensing) Act.
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for the training, registration and licensing of clinical officers; to regulate their practice; to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of the clinical officers’ council of Kenya and for connected purposes. It establishes the clinical officers council of Kenya to advise the government on policy matters relating to clinical medicine of the training and professional practice of clinical officers in Kenya.
Kenya • 2017 • Health
Kenya Medical Supplies Authority Act
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for the establishment of the Kenya medical supplies authority and for connected purposes. It establishes an authority known as the Kenya medical supplies authority to procure, warehouse and distribute drugs and medical supplies for prescribed public health programmes, the national strategic stock reserve, prescribed essential health packages and national referral hospitals.
Kenya • 2013 • Health
Kenya Medical Training College Act Revised Edition 2012 [1990]
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act establishes the Kenya medical training college as a self-governing institution and to provide for its government, control and management and for connected purposes. It clearly states that admission to the college as candidates for diplomas, certificates or other awards shall be open to all persons accepted as being qualified by the academic board, without distinction of race, tribe, place of origin or residence or other local connections, political opinion, colour, creed or sex; and no barrier based on any such distinction shall be imposed upon any person as a condition of his becoming, or continuing to be a lecturer, graduate, or student of the college, or of his holding office in the college, nor shall any preference be given to, or advantage be withheld from, any person on the grounds of any such distinction.
Kenya • 1990 • Health
Kenya Red Cross Society Act Chapter 256
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for the incorporation of the Kenya Red Cross society and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith. It establishes and constitutes the Kenya Red Cross society. The overall objective of the society is to furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded in time of war and to non-belligerents and to prisoners of war and civilian sufferers from the effects of war.
Kenya • 2012 • Health
Public Health Act
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This parliamentary Act provides for securing and maintaining health. It prescribes the establishment of a district health management board in each district which shall be charged with responsibility of overseeing the running of government health institutions in that district.
Kenya • 2012 • Health
Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) The Crops (Horticultural Crops) Regulations
Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation
The Regulatory Impact Statement was developed to assess the costs and benefits of any proposed regulation. It covers the required contents of a regulatory impact statement document which must include the effect of the proposed regulations on private sector & public sector, regulatory & non-regulatory options. It also states that a Regulatory Impact Statement should also point out the benefits and reasons other regulatory options are inappropriate.
Kenya • 2019 • Agriculture and Rural Development
National Nutrition Monitoring and evaluation Framework 2013
Kenya, Ministry of Health
The national nutrition action plan 2012-2017 (NNAP) is guided by the food and nutrition security policy (FNSP, 2012) and food and nutrition security strategy (FSNS, draft 2008). Its purpose is to provide a framework for coordinating implementation of nutrition interventions by the government and nutrition stakeholders for maximum impact at all levels. It deals with the challenges facing monitoring and evaluation of nutrition activities in Kenya by providing information and a robust evaluation of programme effects on the population.
Kenya • 2013 • Health
National Policy on Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance
Kenya, Ministry of Health
The introductory chapter of this document defines antimicrobial agents as medicines used in humans, animals and plants for both prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when disease causing microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are no longer responsive to previously effective antimicrobial agents. This document therefore addresses the background of antimicrobial resistance in Kenya, the situation analysis and proposes interventions.
Kenya • 2017 • Health
Kenya Health Policy 2014-2030
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This document summarises the progress made in Kenya in overall population health status, investment made in health, outcomes from the implementation of interventions under the previous policy period. It also outlines the values and principles which all state organs and officers are expected to employ in the delivery of services.
Kenya • 2014 • Health
Kenya Environmental Sanitation And Hygiene Policy 2016-2030
Kenya, Ministry of Health
This policy emphasizes the systematic collection of data on wastes from all sectors of the economy to support research and development to meet the challenges of managing wastes associated with Kenya’s growing economy, rapid urbanization and rapidly changing lifestyles. The policy supports the building of international, national, county and community partnerships with the private sector and civil society through effective public sector facilitation, coordination and investment.
Kenya • 2016 • Health
Architects and Quantity Surveyors Act
Kenya, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works
This parliamentary Act provides for the registration of architects and quantity surveyors. It establishes a board of registration of architects and quantity surveyors. It guides the registration and administration of the board.
Kenya • 2011 • Infrastructure and Construction
Building Surveyors Act No. 19 of 2018
Kenya, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works
This parliamentary Act provides for the registration and licencing of building surveyors, to regulate their practice and for connected purposes. It establishes a board to be known as the building surveyors registration board. Its function will be to promote the practice of building surveying that complies with universally accepted norms and values.
Kenya • 2018 • Infrastructure and Construction
Kenya Veterinary Policy
Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation
This policy encourages partnerships between institutions and organizations that impact the animal resource industry. It provides for animal welfare, veterinary public health, animal research programmes, and animal resources. It also provides guidelines to address challenges facing the promotion of animal resource industry as a leading contributor to national growth and development.
Kenya • 2015 • Agriculture and Rural Development