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State and explain the major laws that address environmental matters in Kenya.

State and explain the major laws that address environmental matters in Kenya.

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Kavungya
1. The Constitution of Kenya (2010)
Environmental provisions in the Constitution of Kenya (2010) are included in Chapter Four under ``Rights and Fundamental Freedoms’’ Chapter Five, under ``Environment and Natural Resources’’ and Chapter Ten under ``Judicial Authority and Legal System’’. The Fourth Schedule also includes environmental provisions under ``Distinction of functions between National and County Governments’’ and Fifth Schedule titled ‘‘Legislation to be Enacted by Parliament’’.

2. Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA) of 1999
- This is an Act of Parliament to provide for the establishment of an appropriate legal and institutional framework for the management of the environment and ``for the matters connected’’ therewith and incidental thereto.’’ It was assented to in 1999 and commenced in 2000. This Act established the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA).
Kavungya answered the question on April 19, 2019 at 08:29

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