ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Agriculture and Food Authority Act
23. Land preservation guidelines
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
23. Land preservation guidelines
(1)The Cabinet Secretary, on the advice of the Authority, and in consultation with the National Land Commission, for the purposes of the conservation of the soil, or the prevention of the adverse effects of soil erosion on, any land, may, prescribe national guidelines for any or all of the following matters—(a)prohibiting, regulating or controlling the undertaking of any agricultural activity including the firing, clearing or destruction of vegetation when such prohibiting, regulating or controlling is deemed by the Cabinet Secretary to be necessary for the protection of land against degradation, the protection of water catchment areas or otherwise, for the preservation of the soil and its fertility;(b)requiring, regulating or controlling—(i)the afforestation or re-afforestation of land;(ii)the drainage of land, including the construction, maintenance or repair of drains, gullies, contour banks, terraces and diversion ditches;(iii)salination, acidification and saltification of soil;(c)requiring the uprooting or destruction, without payment of any compensation therefor, of any vegetation which has been planted in contravention of a land preservation order;(d)requiring the supervision of unoccupied land;(e)prohibiting, restricting or controlling the use of land for any agricultural purpose excluding livestock.(2)Any guidelines made under this section may provide for—(a)such exemptions or conditional exemptions from the operation thereof as may be specified;(b)the grant of permits or conditional permits of exemption from the operation thereof;(c)its application to certain periods or seasons of the year;(d)restricting its application to specified persons or any class or description of person or to any area or areas;(e)requiring or prohibiting any act or thing to be done to or in respect of any land notwithstanding that the purpose of such rule or order or its carrying into effect is or will be to the benefit of any other land or land in the ownership or occupation of another person.