Coffee Development Authority Order (L.N. No. 279 of 1966)

THE COFFEE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ORDER THE COFFEE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ORDER LN. 279/1966. 1. This Order may be cited as the Coffee Development Authority Order. 2. There is hereby established an authority, to be known as the Coffee Development Authority (hereinafter called the Authority). 3. (1) The Authority shall consist of the following members — (a) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry; (b) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for the time being responsible for co operatives; (c) the Director of Agriculture; (d) the Commissioner for Co-operative Development; (e) the chairman of the Coffee Board; (f) the chairman of the Coffee Marketing Board. (2) The members present at the meeting shall appoint any one of their members to act as chairman at that meeting. 4. A quorum of the Authority shall be a majority of the members of the Authority. 5. A decision of the Authority shall be by a simple majority of the members present and voting, but the chairman shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote. 6. Subject to this Order, the Authority shall regulate its own proceedings. 7. The Authority shall be empowered to do the following things in respect of coffee— (a) control and supervise the cultivation by growers; (b) control and supervise the establishment of nurseries; (c) control and supervise the purchase and sale of seedlings; (d) inspect the growing and harvested crops; (e) control and supervise the purchase, transportation and storage of the crop; (f) control and supervise the processing of cherry; (g) appoint agents for the implementation or performance of any function of the Authority under this Order; (h) with the approval of the Minister, by order published in the Gazette — (i) regulate and control the cultivation, picking, selecting, processing and marketing of coffee; (ii) provide for any other matter which is approved by the Minister as being in the furtherance of the development of coffee or incidental or conducive to the exercise of any of the powers of the Authority; (i) with the approval of the Minister, do any other thing which in the opinion of the Authority will assist the development of the coffee industry: Provided that, without prejudice to powers conferred upon it elsewhere in this Order, the Authority shall carry out its functions subject to any general or specific directions that may be given to it by the Minister. 8. Any person who contravenes any Order of the Authority made under paragraph 7(h) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.