The Makueni County Emergency Fund Act, no. 4 of 2015. Country/Territory Kenya Territorial subdivision Makueni Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Kenya Gazette Supplement, no. 10 of 2015. Long titleAn Act of the County Assembly of Makueni to provide for the establishment of an Emergency Fund and for connected purposes. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Protection of environment Special fund Governance Resource/damage valuation Hazards Procedural matters Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa Entry into force notes 6 November 2015. Abstract This Act provides for establishing a County Emergency Fund, consisting of money appropriated by the County Assembly, and grants and donations, in order to enable payments in case of an urgent and unforeseen need for expenditure arises for which there is no specific legislative authority. Particularly, the Act empowers the County Executive Committee Member to administer the fund and specifies the following unforeseen and urgent occasions to make payments from the fund: events that caused a damage, loss, hardship or suffering to residents of the County; events that threaten to damage the environment; payment necessary to alleviate the damage, loss, hardship or suffering caused by the event. The Act also concerns: limitations on powers of the Executive Committee; approval of the payment by the County’s Assembly; financial statement. Full text English Website kenyalaw.org