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Kisumu County Lake Region Economic Bloc Act, 2018 (No. 6 of 2018).

Country/Territory
Kenya
Territorial subdivision
Kisumu
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act of the County Assembly of Kisumu to provide for the ratification and implementation of the Lake Region Economic Bloc Agreement and for connected purposes.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Agricultural development Capacity building Gender Youth Social protection Food security
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa
Abstract

By this Act, the member Counties, including the County Governments of Bomet, Bungoma, Busia, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kericho, Kisii, Kisumu, Migori, Nandi, Nyamira, Siaya, Trans Nzoia and Vihiga established the Economic Bloc to have the capacity of a body corporate with full legal personality. The purpose of the Bloc is, among other things, to act together to leverage economies of scale in the Lake Region, facilitate access to wider market, enhance food security through a coordinated agricultural strategy, and ensure the mainstreaming of gender, persons with disability and the youth in the social, economic and technological development. The Act further provides for the administration and funding of the Bloc.

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