ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act
25. National Environment Restoration Fund
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
25. National Environment Restoration Fund
(1)There is hereby established a fund to be known as the National Environment Restoration Fund, (hereinafter referred to as "The Restoration Fund").(2)The Restoration Fund shall consist of—(a)such proportion of fees or deposit bonds as may be determined by the Authority from time to time;(b)such sums as may be donated or levied from industries and other projects proponents as a contribution towards the Restoration Fund.(3)The Restoration Fund shall be vested in the Authority and, subject to this Act, shall be administered by the Director-General.(4)The object of the Restoration Fund shall be as supplementary insurance for the mitigation of environmental degradation where the perpetrator is not identifiable or where exceptional circumstances require the Authority to intervene towards the control or mitigation of environmental degradation.(5)The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, issue orders for the levying of funds from project proponents towards the Restoration Fund.