Malaria Prevention Act
5. No construction to obstruct flow of water
5. No construction to obstruct flow of water
No person shall, within an area subject to the control of a health authority, build or maintain a dam or other construction so as to obstruct the flow of water into or out of a drain under the control of the health authority, nor by any means alter the level of any water so as to reduce its flow, nor construct any steps, bridge or platform over a drain under the control of the health authority without the consent in writing of that health authority; and the health authority may cause any such dam or other construction, or any steps, bridge or platform so built or constructed without written consent to be demolished, altered, re-made or otherwise dealt with, as it may think fit, at the expense of the person building or constructing it, and any money becoming due from a person under this section shall be a civil debt recoverable summarily.[L.N. 41 of 1970, Sch.]Source: Kenya Law