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Kakamega County Environmental Management Act, 2019 (No. 2 of 2019).

País/Territorio
Kenya
Subdivisión territorial
Kakamega
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2018
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 4 (Kakamega County Acts No. 2).
Título completo
An Act of the County Assembly of Kakamega County to give effect to the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, for the management of the County Environment and for connected purposes.
Materia
Medio ambiente gen., Bosques, Agua, Desechos y sustancias peligrosas
Palabra clave
Calidad del aire/contaminación del aire Planificación ambiental Normas sobre calidad ambiental Contaminación acústica Infracciones/sanciones Control de la contaminación Política/planificación Normas Protección del medio ambiente Ordenación forestal/conservación de montes Eliminación de desechos Gestión de desechos Prevención de residuos Efluente de aguas residuales/vertido Ley marco Residuos peligrosos Plaguicidas Contaminación de las aguas dulces
Área geográphica
Africa, Africa Oriental
Resumen

This Act is enacted for the purpose of providing regulation and control of air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, public nuisances, waste management and land pollution. The Act establishes a County Environmental Technical Committee and provides for the composition of the Committee. The Committee is charged with the proper management of the devolved environmental functions; and developing a county strategic environmental report every five years, in conjunction with the environmental department. Essentially, the Act prohibits, in a detailed manner, acts which cause air pollution and provides penal sanctions for its contravention. Similarly, it prohibits noise which annoys, disturbs or endangers the comfort of other persons and environment and establishes permissible noise levels. The Law describes certain acts as public nuisance including, public defecation/urination, spitting saliva indiscriminately, discarding waste materials in unauthorized public places etc. and creates penal sanctions for the contravention of these provisions. The Act charges the environmental department and waste generators with the duty to ensure effective management of solid waste through collection, storage, transportation, recycling and disposal of wastes in an environmentally sound manner. The Act places criminal liability with stringent penal terms on any person generating, managing or disposing waste in a manner that pollutes water systems or land.

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