Kenya Water Towers Agency Order
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—"Agency" means the Kenya Water Towers Agency established under paragraph 3;"biodiversity hot spot" means a unique habitat with rare and diverse animals, organisms and endangered species, which is under threat of extinction;"Board" means the Kenya Water Towers Agency Board established under paragraph 6;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to the co-ordination of the rehabilitation, conservation and sustainable management of water towers in Kenya;"carbon reservoir" means a pool of carbon derivatives from organic matter and its natural products;"forest land" means an area of land declared under section 23 of the Forests Conservation and Management Act (Cap. 385) to be a forest area;"Secretariat" means the Interim Co-ordinating Secretariat established by Gazette Notice No. 12058 of 2009;"sequestration" means the capture of carbon into growing vegetation;"watershed" means a highland area from which rivers flow in different directions into different basins;"water tower" means an area that acts as a receptacle for rain water and that stores water in the aquifers underneath it and gradually releases the water to the springs and springs emanating from it.Source: Kenya Law