Karai Wetland Conservation Area (Amendment) Order, Legal Notice no. 44 of 2025
Made 2024-12-17 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Kenya
- Subjects
- Land and soil, Mineral resources, Cultivated plants, Water, Waste and hazardous substances
- Keywords
- land clearing, drainage/land reclamation, property rights, plant production, seeds/planting material, invasive alien species, water resources management, wetlands, offences/penalties, protected area, basin/catchment/watershed, inland waters, mining, exploration, waste disposal, waste management
- Categories
- agriculture, metals-base, metals-precious, minerals-critical
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1. This Order may be cited as the Karai Wetland Conservation Citation. Area (Amendment) Order, 2025.
2. The Karai Wetland Conservation Area (Amendment) Order, Amendment of the in this Order referred to as “the principal Order”, is amended in paragraph 6. paragraph 6 by deleting the words “a fine of twenty thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment” and substituting therefor the words “the penalty prescribed under section 147 of the Act.”
3. The Second Schedule to the principal Order is amended in Amendment of the Part III— Second Schedule. (a) by deleting paragraph 3.1 and substituting therefor the following new paragraph — 3.1 No person shall undertake the following activities unless authorized by the Authority in consultation with other relevant stakeholders— (a) tillage or cultivation of vegetation that is adverse to water resources; (b) clearing of indigenous trees or vegetation; 248 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025 (c) building of permanent structures (particularly boreholes and houses); (d) disposal of any form of waste; (e) excavation of soil or development of quarries; (f) planting of exotic species that may have adverse effect to the water resource; and (g) land reclamation. (b) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph 3.1 — 3.1A A land owner or user may, upon showing good cause, request the Authority, in writing, to undertake a proscribed activity and the Authority shall communicate its decision, in writing, to the land owner or user within thirty days of receiving the request. Dated the 17th December, 2024. MOHAMED M. SHURIE, Chief Executive Officer, Water Resources Authority. LEGAL NOTICE NO. 45 THE WATER ACT (Cap. 372) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 23 of the Water Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation makes the following Order — THE MWANGEA HILLS CATCHMENT PROTECTION AREA (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2025
1. This Order may be cited as the Mwangea Hills Catchment Citation. Protection Area (Amendment) Order, 2025.
2. The Mwangea Hills Catchment Protection Area Amendment of the (Amendment) Order, 2023, in this Order referred to as “the principal paragraph 6. Order”, is amended in paragraph 6 by deleting the words “a fine of twenty thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment” and substituting therefor the words “the penalty prescribed under section 147 of the Act.”
3. The Second Schedule to the principal Order is amended — Amendment of the Second Schedule. (a) in Part II by deleting paragraph 3.1; (b) in Part III—