ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Agriculture and Food Authority Act
22. Rules on preservation, utilization and development of agricultural land
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
22. Rules on preservation, utilization and development of agricultural land
(1)The Cabinet Secretary shall, on the advice of the Authority, and in consultation with the National Land Commission, make general rules for the preservation, utilization and development of agricultural land either in Kenya generally or in any particular part thereof.(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), rules made thereunder may—(a)prescribe the manner in which owners (whether or not also occupiers) shall manage their land in accordance with rules of good estate management;(b)prescribe the manner in which occupiers shall farm their land in accordance with the rules of good husbandry:(c)advise on the control or prohibition of the cultivation of land or the keeping of stock or any particular kind of stock thereon;(d)advise on the kinds of crops which may be grown on land;(e)provide for controlling the erection of buildings and other works on agricultural land;(f)provide for such exemptions or conditional exemptions from the provisions thereof as may be desirable or necessary;(3)For the purposes of this section and of any rules made thereunder, and of any legislation of any county government—(a)an owner of agricultural land shall be deemed to fulfil his or her responsibilities to manage it in accordance with the rules of good estate management if, having regard to the character and situation of the land and other relevant circumstances, it enables an occupier of the land reasonably skilled in husbandry to maintain efficient production as respects both the kind of produce and the quality and quantity thereof;(b)the occupier of agricultural land shall be deemed to fulfil his or her responsibilities to farm it in accordance with the rules of good husbandry if the occupier is maintaining a reasonable standard of efficient production, as respects both the kind of produce and the quality and quantity thereof, while keeping the land in a condition to enable such a standard to be maintained in the future;(c)"relevant circumstances", in relation to an owner or occupier, includes all circumstances affecting management or farming other than the personal circumstances of the owner or occupier.