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Mombasa County Environmental Health and Sanitation Act, 2017 (No. 12 of 2017).

Country/Territory
Kenya
Territorial subdivision
Mombasa
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 26 (Mombasa County Acts No. 12).
Long title
An Act of the County Assembly of Mombasa to provide for a regulatory and enforcement framework for environmental health and sanitation; to provide for the establishment of environmental P health and sanitation standards; to provide for sanitation services development and investment plans; to provide for certain general powers of the County Executive Committee Member responsible for environmental health and sanitation; and for connected purposes.
Subject
Livestock, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Water, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Basic legislation Public health Pollution control Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Inspection Slaughtering Animal health Pests/diseases Waste management Water supply Sewerage Potable water Data collection/reporting Monitoring Right to water Waterworks Policy/planning Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Flood Human rights
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa
Abstract

This Act concerns the protection of public health in Mombasa County. The Act provides with respect to a wide variety of matters affecting public health including, among other things, general sanitation, provisions of sanitation services, control of infectious diseases (also infected animals), food hygiene, control of public nuisances, pollution control and waste management, sewerage and stormwater drainage, and protection water supplies and sources from pollution. One of the declared objects of the Act is to provide an enabling environment of the realization of the right to reasonable standards of sanitation and to clean and healthy environment. The Act sets out the principles that shall guide the interpretation, application and administration of this Act. These are, in part expressed in the national values and principles of governance of Article 10 of the Constitution. In addition, the Act formulates - the right to reasonable standards of sanitation; the right to a clean and healthy environment; the right to clean and safe water; the duty of every person to protect and improve the environment and ensure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources, including surface and groundwater; the precautionary principle; the polluter pays principle.

Full text
English
Website
www.kenyalaw.org