The Crops (Amendment) Bill, 2025

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Kenya Gazette Supplement No.48 (National Assembly Bills No.13)

REPUBLIC OFKENYA

KENYA GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT

NATIONALASSEMBLYBILLS,2025

NAIROBI,26thMarch,2025

CONTENT

| Bill for Introduction into the National Assembly- | PAGE | |-----------------------------------------------------|--------| | The Crops(Amendment) Bill, 2024 | 267 |

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MEMORANDUM OFOBJECT AND REASONS

Theprincipal object of theBill is toamend the CropsAct Cap.318 to differentiate muguka, from Miraa and therefore expressly exclude muguka from being a scheduled crop.

Clause 1 is the short title.

Clause 2 provides for the exclusion of muguka as a scheduled crop.

Statement on the delegation of legislative powers and limitation of

fundamental rights and freedoms.

The Bill does not delegate legislative power and does not limit fundamental rights and freedoms.

Statement on whether the Bill concerns county governments

The Bill is a Bill concerning county governments under Article 110(1)(a) of the Constitution. Agriculture including crop and animal husbandry is a function of the county governments under section l(a) of Part 2of theFourth Schedule to the Constitution.

Statement that the Bill is not money Bill within the meaning of

Article 114of the Constitution

The enactment of this Bill shall not occasion additional expenditure of public funds.

Dated the 14th August,2024.

The First Schedule to Cap. 318which it is proposed to amend

FIRSTSCHEDULE

[s.7] SCHEDULED CROPS

Part 1 - Crops with breeding program under compulsory

Sugarcane

Coffee

Rhodes grass

Irish potatoes

Cotton

Sunflower

Soya beans

Beans.

Barley

Finger millet

Maize

Pearlmillet

Rice

Sorghum

Wheat

Wheat (pasta)

Part 2- Cropswith breeding program under voluntary certification

Bananas

French beans

Silver leaf desmodium

Lupin ....

Lucerne

Green leaf desmodium

Setaria

Congo signal.

Coloured guinea grass

Pyrethrum certification Saccharum spp.

Coffea spp.

Chloris gayana

Solanum tuberosum L.

Gossypium spp.

Helianthus annuus L.

Glycine max (L.) Merr.

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Hordeum vulgare L.

Elezisine coracana (L.) Gaertn.

Zae mays L.

Pennisetum (L.) R.Br.

Oryza sativa L. (1)

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.

Triticum aestirum.

Triticum monococcum L.

Musa spp.

Phaseolus ulgaris L.

Desmodium uncinatum

Lupinus spp.

Medicago sativa L.

Desmodium intorium(Miller).

Setaria spp.

Bracharia spp.

Panicum coloratum

Chtysanthemum spp.

| Cassava.... Sweetpotato. | Manihot esculenta | |---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | | Ipomeea batatas | | Kenaf... | Hibiscus cannabinus L | | Sesame | Sesamun indicum L. | | Safflower..... | Carthamus tinctorius L. | | Ground nut | Arachis hypogaea L. | | Pigeon pea | Cajanus cajan. | | Dolichos bean | Dolichos lablab L. | | Cowpea | Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. | | Chick peas | Cicer arietienum L. | | Part 3 Crops with no breeding program | Part 3 Crops with no breeding program | | Oats... | Avena sativa L. | | Rye .... | Secale cereale L. | | Triticale | Tricosecale Wittm. | | Broad beans | Vicia faba L. | | Cluster bean | Cyamopsis tetragonoloba. | | Pea | Pisum sativum L. | | Common Vetch | Vicia sativa L. | | Castor bean... | Ricinus communis L. | | Jojoba | Simmondsia chinesis. | | Linseed | Linum unitatissimum L. | | Oil seed rape | Brassica napus L. | | Flax.. | Linum usitatissimu L. | | Sisal | Agave spp. | | Beet | Beta vulgaris L. | | Turnip | Brassica rapa L. | | Other flower species | Liliaca,billiera,Roses, | | Blue stem grass | Andropogon spp. | | Buffel grass | Cenchrus ciliaris L. | | Cock's foot. | Dactylic glomerata. | | Columbus grass | Sorghum almum | | Paspalum grass | Paspalum gayanus | | Rye grass .... | Lolium spp. |

| Sudan... Love grass Bermuda grass Butterfly pen Centrosema Clover Leucaena Siratro Stylosanthes Amaranth Artichoke.... Asparagus. Sugar beet Broccoli/cauliflower Brussels sprouts Cabbage Canteloupe/ Muskmelon Carrot Celery/ Celeriac Chicory... Chinese cabbage Chirvil Collards/Kale Corriander. Cucumber Dill. Egglants Endive Garden cress .. Karella | Sorghum sudanense. Eragrostis spp. Cynodon dactylon. Clitoriaternatea. Centrosema pubescens Benth. Trifolium spp. Leucaena lencocephala. Macroptilium atropurpureum Stulosanthes guianensis Amaranthus spp. Cynara scolymus. Asparagus officinalis. Beta vulgaris L. Brassica oleracea var.botrytis L Brassica oleraceavar.gemnifera Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. Cucumis meloL. Daucus carota L. Apium graveolens L. Cichorium intybus L. Brassica chinensis L Anthricuscerefolium Brassica oleracea var ancephalaDC Coriandrumsativum Cucumis sativus L. Arethum graveolens L. Solanum melongena L. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | Cichorium endivia L. | | | Cucumis spp. | | | Lespidium sativa L. | | Kohlrabi Leek | Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes. Allium porrum L. | | Lettuce | Lactuca sativa. |

| Okra | Hibiscus esculentus L. | |--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| | Onion. | Alliumcepa L. | | Parsley | Petroselinum crispum (Mill) Nym. | | Parsnip | Pastinaca sativa L. | | Pea. | Pisum sativum L.Sensulato. | | Pepper... | Capsicum spp. | | Pumpkin/Squash/Courgette | Cucurbita pepo L. | | Radish | Raphanus sativus L. | | Rhubarb | Rheumrhaponticum L. | | Rutabaga | Brassica napus var.napobrassica L. | | Spinach | Spinacea oleracea L. | | Swiss chard | Beta vulgaris. | | Tomato | Solanum lycopersicon. | | Turnip | Brassica rap L. | | Water cress | Nasturtium officinaleRibr. | | Water melon. | Citrullus spp. | | Coconut. | Cocos nucifera. | | Cashewnut | IndigenousVegetables. (Blacknighthade,piderlan,) | | Guava. | Psidium. | | Fruit trees | (Mangoes, Avocado, Citrus, Pawpaw, etc). | | Miraa | catha edulis. |