Legislative Supplements, 2022

• The National Gender and Equality Commission (Complaints Handling Procedure) Regulations, 2022.
• The Supreme Court (Presidential Election Petition) (Amendment) Rules, 2022
• The Breast Milk Substitutes (Regulation and Control) (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.
• The Export Processing Zones Act— Declaration of Export Processing Zones
• The Scrap Metal Dealers Rules, 2022.

National Assembly Bills, 2022 

• The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill, 2022.

Regulatory Impact Assessment

• The Pharmacy and Poisons (Guidelines for the conduct of Clinical Trials) Rules, 2022; 
• The Pharmacy and Poisons (Transportation of Pharmaceuticals) Rules, 2022; 
• The Pharmacy and Poisons (Pharmaceutical Waste Management) Rules, 2022;
• The Pharmacy and Poisons (Pharmacovigilance and PostMarket Surveillance) Rules, 2022; 
• The Pharmacy and Poisons (Registration of Health Products and Technologies) Rules, 2022; and 
• The Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) Rules, 2022.

TRADE SECTOR

• The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning has gazetted notice that a Waiver of Import Duty has been granted for the importation of not more than 540,000 metric tonnes of white nongenetically-modified organism (non-GMO) maize grain. The waiver of import duty shall apply to white non-GMO maize imported into Kenya on or before August 6, 2022. 
• The Chief Manager of ICDN has gazetted a list of goods that can be sold by public auction if not removed from the custody of the Customs Warehouse Keeper, Kilindini, within thirty (30) days of this 20th day of May, 2022.

PUBLIC SECTOR

Appointments

• The Cabinet Secretary for Lands and Physical Planning has gazetted the appointment of Bernard Kamau Gachoka to be a member of the Valuers Registration Board, for a period of three (3) years, with effect from February 4, 2022.
• The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs and Special Programmes has appointed numerous persons to be members of the County Drought Committee of the respective Counties, for a period of three (3) years.
• The Attorney-General has gazetted notice of appointment of Kennedy Ogutu as a Joint Secretary to the Taskforce on the National Council on the Administration of Justice Bill constituted by the Attorney-General vide Gazette Notice No. 4318 of 2022 and shall serve on the terms specified therein.
• The Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and Heritage, has extended the term of the Taskforce to develop Rules and Regulations under the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions appointed vide Gazette Notice No. 14170 of 2012, for a further period of one (1) month, with effect from May 20, 2022. 

LAND & ENVIRONMENT SECTOR 

Completion of Part Development Plan

• PDP Ref. No. ISL/117/2022/100 – Existing Residential Plot.
• PDP Ref. No. MKN-259-2022-01 – Proposed Site for Eni Kenya B. V.

Environmental Impact Assessment

• The proponent, Airtel Network Kenya Limited, proposes the laying of a submarine telecommunication cable and landing of the cable on the Kenya shoreline. Fibre-optic cable system project (2Africa or the Project) will span more than 37,000 kilometres, interconnecting Europe to Africa and the Middle East, with 35 landings in 26 countries, and will deliver increased capacity, quality and availability of internet connectivity to consumers and businesses. The installation and operation of submarine cables will be through the Exclusive Economic Zone and territorial sea of Kenya, the system will have two landings in Kenya, both on the northern coast of Mombasa. Two branch cables from the system trunk will be laid by a cable-lay vessel until the ship reaches a shallow-water depth of around 15 metres. From this point, smaller vessels and divers will be used to install the cable in shallow water and pull the cable to shore. The Project will also involve the construction of two beach manholes (BMHs) (one per landing site) adjacent to the beach to facilitate the connection of the submarine component to the terrestrial portion of the Project. The beach and BMH sites will be restored to their original state after construction. The only element visible will be the 1-metre-diameter manhole covers. The branching cables will be ‘landed’ on the beach and will each terminate at a BMH. The terrestrial portion of the Project will be installed from the BMH to a Cable Landing Station, where it will be connected to various configurations of terrestrial fibre-optic cable systems.