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Presidential Proclamation of 9 June 2005, pursuant to article 16, paragraph 2, and article 75, paragraph 2, of UNCLOS (L.N. No. 82 of 2005).

Country/Territory
Kenya
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Law of the Sea Bulletin.
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Territorial sea Sovereignty
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa
Abstract

The Proclamation declares that, notwithstanding any rule of law or any practice which may hitherto have been observed in relation to Kenya or the waters beyond or adjacent to the territorial Sea of Kenya, the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Kenya shall extend across the sea to a distance of two hundred nautical miles measured from the baselines from where the territorial sea is measured, as indicated in the map annexed to this Proclamation. Marine boundaries with Somalia and Tanzania are defined. The Proclamation also defines the straight baselines from which the territorial sea (12 nautical miles) and the EEZ (200 nautical miles) is measured.

Full text
English
Website
www.un.org