Forests (Fees and Charges) Rules, 2012 (L.N. 104 of 2012)

28th September, 2012 LEGAL NOTICE NO. 104 THE FORESTS ACT (No. 7 of 2005) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 59 (2) (b) of the Forest Act 2005, the Minister for Forestry and Wildlife makes the following Rules:— THE FORESTS (FEES AND CHARGES) RULES, 2012 1. These rules may be cited as the Forests (Fees and Charges) Rules, 2012. 2. There shall be payable, in respect of the forest produce specified in the first column of Part I of the First Schedule, the fees respectively specified in the second and third columns. 3. There shall be payable a stumpage fee in respect of the tree species specified in Part II of the First Schedule in the manner respectively set out in that Part. 4. There shall be payable in respect of timber from the tree species specified in the first and second columns of the Second Schedule, which is commonly used in the manner specified in the third column of that Schedule, the fee respectively set out in the third column. 5. There shall be payable in respect of the forest products specified in the first column of the Third Schedule the price specified in the third column of that Schedule for the units of the respective product specified in the second column. 6. There shall be payable in respect of the activities set out in the first and second columns of the Fourth Schedule the fees specified in the third column of that Schedule. 7. There shall be payable in respect of the professional services specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule, when rendered by the Service, the fees specified in the third column of that Schedule. 8. There shall be payable for the hire of the plant and equipment specified in the first column of the Sixth Schedule, for use in the manner specified in the second column of that Schedule, the charges set out in the third column. 9. FIRST SCHEDULE (r.2,3) PART I: PLANTATION SPECIES TREE SPECIES CLEARFELLS KSh./m3 THINNINGS KSh./m3 A:Grevillea robusta (Grevillea) Logs less than 240 mm diameter 2,114 1,733 Logs of diameter 240 mm - 319 mm 2,461 2,018 Logs of diameter 320 mm - 399 mm 2,840 2,329 Logs of diameter 400 mm - 479 mm 3,555 2,915 Logs of diameter 480 mm - 559 mm 3,978 3,262 Logs of diameter 560 mm and over 4,311 3,535 B: Juniperus procera (Cedar) Logs less than 240 mm diameter 5,043 4,136 Logs of diameter 240 mm - 319 mm 5,870 4,813 Logs of diameter 320 mm - 399 mm 6,775 5,556 Logs of diameter 400 mm - 479 mm 8,482 6,955 Logs of diameter 480 mm - 559 mm 9,491 7,782 Logs of diameter 560 mm and over 10,284 8,433 C: Vitex keniensis (Meru Oak) Logs less than 240 mm diameter 3,020 2,476 Logs of diameter 240 mm - 319 mm 3,515 2,882 Logs of diameter 320 mm - 399 mm 4,057 3,327 Logs of diameter 400 mm - 479 mm 5,079 4,165 Logs of diameter 480 mm - 559 mm 5,683 4,660 Logs of diameter 560 mm and over 6,158 5,050 PART II—STUMPAGE FEES A. CYPRESS B. PINES Clearfell Thinning Clearfell Thinning DBH (cm) KSh./m3 KSh./m3 DBH (cm) KSh./m3 KSh./m3 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 15 2,375 1,972 15 N/A 16 2,375 1,972 16 N/A 17 2,398 1,991 17 N/A 18 2,421 2,010 18 N/A 19 2,444 2,029 19 N/A 20 2,468 2,049 20 2,222 1,844 21 2,492 2,069 21 2,243 1,862 22 2,511 2,084 22 2,260 1,876 23 2,532 2,102 23 2,279 1,892 24 2,553 2,119 24 2,298 1,907 25 2,577 2,139 25 2,320 1,925 26 2,596 2,155 26 2,337 1,939 27 2,611 2,167 27 2,350 1,951 28 2,627 2,180 28 2,364 1,962 29 2,644 2,195 29 2,380 1,975 30 2,661 2,209 30 2,395 1,988 31 2,678 2,222 31 2,410 2,000 32 2,692 2,234 32 2,423 2,011 33 2,706 2,246 33 2,435 2,021 34 2,719 2,257 34 2,447 2,031 35 2,732 2,267 35 2,459 2,041 36 2,745 2,279 36 2,471 2,051 37 2,757 2,288 37 2,481 2,059 38 2,769 2,299 38 2,492 2,069 39 2,780 2,307 39 2,502 2,076 40 2,791 2,317 40 2,512 2,085 41 2,802 2,326 41 2,522 2,093 42 2,811 2,333 42 2,530 2,100 43 2,821 2,341 43 2,539 2,107 44 2,831 2,350 44 2,548 2,115 45 2,842 2,359 45 2,558 2,123 46 2,850 2,366 46 2,565 2,129 47 2,859 2,373 47 2,573 2,136 A. CYPRESS B. PINES Clearfell Thinning Clearfell Thinning DBH (cm) KSh./m3 KSh./m3 DBH (cm) KSh./m3 KSh./m3 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 48 2,867 2,380 48 2,580 2,142 49 2,876 2,387 49 2,588 2,148 50 2,883 2,393 50 2,595 2,154 51 2,891 2,400 51 2,602 2,160 52 2,900 2,407 52 2,610 2,166 53 2,905 2,411 53 2,615 2,170 54 2,914 2,419 54 2,623 2,177 55 2,919 2,423 55 2,627 2,180 56 2,928 56 2,635 57 2,933 57 2,639 58 2,940 58 2,646 59 2,945 59 2,650 60 2,952 60 2,657 61 2,957 61 2,661 62 2,963 62 2,667 63 2,969 63 2,672 64 2,976 64 2,678 65 2,979 65 2,681 66 2,986 66 2,687 67 2,989 67 2,690 68 2,994 68 2,695 69 3,000 69 2,700 70 3,005 70 2,705 71 3,010 71 2,709 72 3,014 72 2,712 73 3,017 73 2,715 74 3,022 74 2,720 75 3,028 75 2,725 76 3,031 76 2,728 77 3,036 77 2,732 78 3,039 78 2,735 79 3,043 79 2,738 80 3,044 80 2,740 81 3,050 81 2,745 82 3,053 82 2,748 83 3,056 83 2,751 84 3,062 84 2,756 85 3,064 85 2,757 86 3,067 86 2,760 A. CYPRESS B. PINES Clearfell Thinning Clearfell Thinning DBH (cm) KSh./m3 KSh./m3 DBH (cm) KSh./m3 KSh./m3 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 2010/11 87 3,072 87 2,765 88 3,073 88 2,766 89 3,077 89 2,769 90 3,079 90 2,771 91 3,084 91 2,776 92 3,086 92 2,777 93 3,089 93 2,780 94 3,091 94 2,782 95 3,096 95 2,786 96 3,098 96 2,788 97 3,099 97 2,789 98 3,103 98 2,793 99 3,105 99 2,794 100 and over 3,108 100 and over 2,797 B. EUCALYPTUS Clearfell DBH (cm) KSh./m3 DBH (cm) KSh./m3 20 1,975 71 2,408 21 1,994 72 2,411 22 2,009 73 2,413 23 2,026 74 2,418 24 2,043 75 2,422 25 2,062 76 2,425 26 2,077 77 2,429 27 2,089 78 2,431 28 2,101 79 2,434 29 2,115 80 2,435 30 2,129 81 2,440 31 2,142 82 2,443 32 2,154 83 2,445 33 2,165 84 2,449 34 2,175 85 2,451 35 2,185 86 2,454 36 2,196 87 2,458 37 2,206 88 2,459 38 2,215 89 2,462 39 2,224 90 2,463 40 2,233 91 2,467 41 2,242 92 2,469 42 2,249 93 2,471 43 2,257 94 2,473 44 2,265 95 2,477 45 2,273 96 2,478 46 2,280 97 2,479 47 2,287 98 2,482 48 2,294 99 2,484 49 2,301 100 and over 2,490 50 2,306 51 2,313 52 2,320 53 2,324 54 2,331 55 2,335 56 2,342 57 2,346 58 2,352 59 2,356 60 2,361 61 2,366 62 2,371 63 2,375 64 2,381 65 2,383 66 2,389 67 2,391 68 2,395 69 2,400 70 2,404 D. PULPWOOD Units Price (KSh.) Pulpwood within pulpwood working circle but specifically managed for pulpwood per cubic metre 1,972 Pulpwood from sawnwood areas and those managed as saw wood per cubic metre Price same as sawlog SECOND SCHEDULE (r.4) FEES FOR NATURAL FOREST TIMBER AND UNCOMMON EXOTIC SPECIES BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME COMMON USAGE KSh./cu.m. 1. Afzelia quanzensis Mbambakofi (kiswa) Carving / floor / furn 5,150 2. Albizzia gummifera Mukurwe (kik) Timber / veneer 3,260 3. Aningeria altissima Mukangu (kiluhya) Timber / plywood 2,378 4. Antiaris toxicaria Mulundu (kiluhya) Timber / furniture 2,673 5. Avicenia marina Mchu (kiswa) Timber / poles 256 6. Bosquiea phoberos Mbarakaya (kiswa) Veneer / furniture 3,264 7. Brachylaena huilensis Muhugu (kik) Carving / floor 4,458 8. Brachysstegia speciformis Mriti/Mrihi (kiwa) Timber 2,180 9. Bruguieria gymnorhiza Mvuli (kiswa) Carving / timber / poles 256 10. Chlorophora excelsa Mvule Furniture / floor 5,149 11. Chrysophyllum albida Mululu (kiluhya) Timber / plywood 2,673 12. Combretum schumanii Mungurure Carving floor 3,266 13. Cordia spp. Muringa, Mukomari, Mungoma (kiluhya) Furniture 4,458 14. Croton macrostachys Mutundu (kik) Const. Timber/plywood 2,173 15. Croton megalocarpus Mukinduri (kik), Musine (kiluhya) Const. Timber/plywood 2,173 16. Dalbergia melanoxylon Mpingo (kiswa), Ebony (English) Carving/Mus inst. 5,149 17. Dombeya goetzenii Mukeu (kik) Joinery 3,266 18. Euphorbia spp. Euphorbia Plywood 2,673 19. Fagara, macrophylla Shikuma (kiluhya) Furniture 3,266 20. Ficus spp. Satinwood Plywood 2,673 21. Funtumia africana Mutondo (kak) Const. Timber/plywood 2,673 22. Hagenia abyssinica Rosewood Joinery.Furn./Floor 5,149 23. Juniperus procera Cedar Joinery.Furn./Floor 5,940 24. Maesopsis eminii Mutere (kiluhya) Msis Joinery.Furn./Floor 3,266 25. Manilkara butugi Kydilani (kak) Timber / Furniture 3,266 26. Manilkara zanzibarensis Ngambo (kiswa) Boats/furn./joinery 4,277 27. Newtonia buchananii Mukli (kimeru Timber/furniture 3,266 28. Newtonia paucijuga Mkanauni Timber 3,266 29. Ocotea usambarensis Camphor (English Muthaiti (kik) Joinery/furniture 10,299 30. Olea africana Mutamaiyu (kik) Floor / carving 5,149 BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME COMMON USAGE KSh./cu.m. 31. Olea hochstetteri Mucharage (kik) Flooring/carving/furniture 5,149 32. Olea welwitschii Elgon Olive (Eng.) Loriodo (kiluhya) Flooring/carving/furniture 6,748 33. Podocarpus africana Podo Timber/furniture 3,970 34. Polyscias kikuyuensis Mutati (kik) Plywood 3,260 35. Prunus africana Muiri (kik) Lorries/Bridges/Flooring 5,149 36. Trachylobium verrucosum Mutandarusi Boats.furn./Timber 3,266 37. Trichilia roka Muyama (kak) Furniture/veneer 3,266 38. Vitex keniensis Meru Oak (Eng. Muhuru (kik) Furniture/veneer 5,149 39. Acacia melanoxylon Kanunga (kik) Floor/carving 4,000 40. Araucaria spp. Timber 1,600 41. Casuarina equisetifolia Mvinje (kiswa) Timber/Poles 1,600 42. Erythrophleum guinensis Mkelekele 3,266 43. Cynmetra webberi Mfunda 3,266 44. Nesogordonia parvifolia Mlunza 3,266 45. Vitex doniana Mfundu 3,266 46. Terminalia kilimandischarica Mbambaro 3,266 47. Terminalia catappa Mukungu 3,266 48. Nesogordonia spp. Mnomvi 3,266 49. All others 3,266 THIRD SCHEDULE (r.5) OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS Produce Units Price (KSh.) (1) Bamboo Per piece 55 (2) Withies Per piece < 5 cm. diameter 10 (3) Firewood Per cubic meter (commercial- clearfell) 1,200 Per cubic meter (Salvaging) 600 Monthly Fuel Licence (M.F.L.) 100 (4) Cut Stone Cut Stone Licence (annual) 12,000 20 m by 20 m plot 30,000 (5) Culvert Per piece 3,500 (6) Limestone Per metric ton 190 (7) Crushed stone Per metric ton 200 (8) Quarry waste Per metric ton 100 (9) Sand Ordinary per metric ton 200 Silica per metric ton 350 (10) Murram Per metric ton 300 (11) Soil Per metric ton 300 (12) Grass Gunny bag or Head load 50 (13) Moss Gunny Bag or Head load 120 (14) Asparagus Fern Per Kg. 30 (15) Bamboo Tips Per Kg. 33 (16) Gum and resin Per Kg. 8 (17) Honey Per group per year (Community) 1,500 Per year (Commercial) 10,000 (18) Red ochre Per head load of 25 kg. 22 (19) Camping fee Adult per night 650 Child per night 100 (20) Guest House Guest House per night-Ordinary 500 Guest House per night-Medium 850 Guest House per night-Premium 1,000 Kenya Forestry College Guest House 1,500 (21) Ranger Services Escort of visitor per Ranger per excursion 1,000 (22) Observation Platforms Bird Hides, Watch Towers, Tree Platforms 150,000 (23) Forest land rent For cultivation per acre/year 500 Urban (Cities, Municipalities) 20,000 For commercial purposes per acre per year(other areas) 10,000 Mangrove areas per acre 20,000 (24) Building Poles (a) Hardwoods Between 5-10cm. Butt diam. per piece 60 10-15cm. Butt diam. per piece 350 (b) Exotic Softwoods Produce Units Price (KSh.) Between 5-10cm. Butt diam. per piece. 50 10-15cm. Butt diam. per piece. 300 All other sizes to be sold at respective timber price in cu.m. (25) Transmission Poles Extra Light 2,806 Light 2,906 Medium 3,006 Stout 3,106 (26) Cedar Poles Less than 15cm. diam. per m. 30 15-20cm. diam. per m. 55 Sizes above 20 cm diameter to be sold at respective timber rates (27) Mangroves More than 35cm diameter butt per metre 700 Banaa (20.1-35cm.) diameter butt per metre 750 Per piece 70 Nguzo (13.1-20.0) diameter butt per score 600 Per piece 60 Boriti (9.1-13.0) diameter butt per score 500 Per piece 50 Mazio (6.1-9.0) diameter butt per score 400 Per piece 40 Pau (4.1-6.0) diameter per score 200 Per piece 30 Fitos (less 4.0) diameter per score 60 Per piece 20 (28) Facilities within Mangrove Areas Docking (annual) 150,000 Boat Repair Yard (annual) 100,000 Jetty - for commercial use (annual) 35,000 Jetty - non- commercial use (annual) 5,000 Board walk - Commercial (annual) 15,000 Board walk - Community/groups (annual) 2,000 Saltworks (annual) 500,000 (29) Christmas trees Potted Less than 1metre per tree 300 1-2 metres per tree 600 Above 2 metres per tree 700 Cuttings per metre 200 (30) Plants (a) Single plants in less than 15 cm. diameter of polythene tube per plant Exotic 10 Indigenous 10 (b) Single plants in more than 15 cm. diameter of polythene tubes per plant Exotic 50 Indigenous 75 (c) Plants lifted from Swaziland beds per plant Exotic 4 Indigenous 5 (d) Plants in boxes of approximately 55 seedlings per box 250 (31) Croton Seeds Croton Megalocarpus seed for bio-diesel per kg 4 Licence fee for Seed collection - bio-diesel(annual) 100,000 (32) Barks Green (stacked) Wattle Barks per cubic m. 345 Other barks per kg. 45 FOURTH SCHEDULE FEES FOR FOREST ACTIVITIES (R.6) (1) Water Reservoirs For commercial consumption -Large (annual) 50,000 For commercial consumption -Small (annual) 20,000 Dam-Small upto 1million cum. (annual) 350,000 Dam-Large more than 1million cum.(annual) 1,000,000 Water tank- Small-upto diameter of 6m (annual) 5,000 Water tank- Large-more than diameter of 6m (annual) 10,000 (2) Water abstraction Water easement (Once) 15,000 Wayleave- Small- upto 1 m. diameter (annual) per Km 5,000 Wayleave- Large- more than 1 m. diameter (annual) per 20,000 Km Borehole (Annual) 50,000 Monitoring Boreholes (Not for production) (annual) 50,000 (3) Fish-farming annual licence Fish-farming (fresh water)-300 square meters 30,000 Fish-farming (fresh water)- over 300 square meters 100,000 (4) Aquaculture Aquaculture (Marine)-Large annual 75,000 Aquaculture (Marine)-Small annual 20,000 (5) Grazing Cattle per animal per month 100 Sheep per animal per month 40 (6) Installation of Transmitters and Transcievers Mobile phone firms (annual) 250,000 Radio Stations (annual) 150,000 TV Stations (annual) 250,000 Data logging mast - Wind energy (annual) 50,000 (7) Licences (Annual) General Forest Licence (GFL) 10,000 Small sawmills (<10 cu.m timber/day) 30,000 Medium s/mills (11-20 cu.m timber/day) 45,000 Large scales/mill (>20 cu.m. timber/day) 80,000 Pulp and Paper 200,000 Plywood 150,000 Pole treatment plant 60,000 Resin Extraction 60,000 Quarrying 50,000 Commercial fuelwood 30,000 Prospecting 50,000 (8) Timber Movement Permit 2 - 4 tonnes 1,000 5 - 7 tonnes 1,500 Over 7 tones 2,000 Imported timber per consignment 20,000 (9) Charcoal Movement Permit Per bag 20 (10) Forest Recreation (Entry fee) (a) Kenya and EAC citizens Adults per day 200 Child per day 50 School parties per day 20 (b) Residents Adults per day 400 Child per day 100 School parties per day 50 (c) Non-residents Adults per day 600 Child per day 150 (11) Hire of grounds Urban (Cities) per day 40,000 Urban (Municipalities) per day 20,000 Others per day 15,000 (12) Filming rights per day 40,000 (13) Electricity way leave Per acre per annum Cities &Municipalities 20,000 Per acre per annum Other areas 10,000 (14) Way leave residue materials Merchantable Mixed Indigenous materials per cum 800 (15) Prospecting for minerals Prospecting for minerals (annual) 100,000 Drilling per hole 50,000 (16) Geothermal power (Private developers) Conservation fees per MW per annum 100,000 (17) Small Hydros Conservation fees per MW per annum 100,000 (18) Wind Turbine Conservation fees per turbine per MW per annum 100,000 Data Logging mast -Wind energy (annual) 50,000 (19) Research permit (a) East African citizens 5,000 (b) Non- Residents 40,000 FIFTH SCHEDULE (r.7) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED BY THE SERVICE Valuation, EIA, tree inventory 5% of gross value Timber grading Per consignment ( up to 25 cu.m) 5,000 Printing in Colour A4 100 A3 500 A1 1,000 A0 1,500 Lamination of maps A4 400 A3 1,000 A1 1,500 A0 2,500 Ammonia prints A4 100 A3 150 A1 300 A0 500 Digitizing of maps per feature 3,500 Scanning of maps A4 200 A3 500 A1 750 SIXTH SCHEDULE (R.8) HIRE OF PLANTS AND EQUIPMENTS Grader per hour 5,000 Doser per hour 10,000 Low loader per kilometre 40 Smooth Roller per hour 1,000 Tipper per kilometre 40 Water bowser per hour 2,000 Concrete mixer per day 5,000 Bus per kilometre 30 Dated the 22nd August, 2012. NOAH M. WEKESA, Minister for Forestry and Wildlife.