The Environmental Management and Coordination ( Amendment) Bill, 2023

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2023 Senate 13th

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Introduced / Published: 1 Jun 2026

  1. ○ First Reading
  2. ○ Second Reading
  3. ○ Committee of the Whole House
  4. ○ Third Reading
  5. ○ Presidential Assent

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REPUBLICOFKENYA

PARLIAMENT

NATIONALASSEMBLYBILLS (Bill No.66of2023)

THEENVIRONMENTALMANAGEMENTANDCO-ORDINATION (AMENDMENT)BILL,2023

(A Bill published in the Kenya Gazette Supplement No.195 of 2023 and passed by the National Assembly, with amendments, on June 4"h, 2025)

N.A./B/No.66/2023

THEENVIRONMENTALMANAGEMENTANDCOORDINATION(AMENDMENT)BILL,2023

A Bill for

ANACTofParliamenttoamendtheEnvironmental Managementand Co-ordination Act and for connectedpurposes

ENACTEDbytheParliamentofKenya,asfollows

1.This Act maybe cited as the Environmental Management and Co-ordination(Amendment)Act,2023.

2.Section 42of theEnvironmental Management and Co-ordinationAct is amended in subsection(3) byinserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (b)——

(ba)the prohibition of the introduction,growth or maintenance of trees of theeucalyptusspeciesinand along any river,lake,sea or wetland;

(bb)theprohibition of the introduction,growth or maintenanceofanyinvasivespeciesorother potentiallydangerousspecies;

Short title.

Amendmentof section42of Cap.387.

I certify that this printed impression is a true copy of the Bill passed by the National Assembly on the 4uof June,2023.

ClerkoftheNationalAssembly

Endorsedforpresentation to theSenatein accordancewith theprovisions ofStandingOrder142of theNationalAssemblyStandingOrders.

SpeakeroftheNgtionalAssembly

Machine-extracted text (Docling (OCR + layout), extracted 3 Jul 2026) from a scanned document — may contain recognition errors.

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