ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Health Act
130. Rules for protection of water supplies
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
130. Rules for protection of water supplies
(1)The Cabinet Secretary, on the advice of the board, may make, and impose on local authorities and others the duty of enforcing, rules in respect of defined areas—(a)prohibiting bathing in, and prohibiting or regulating the washing of clothes or other articles or of animals in, or in any place draining into, any such water supply as is mentioned in section 129;(b)prohibiting or regulating the erection of dwellings, sanitary conveniences, stables, cattle-kraals, pig-styes, ostrich-pens, dipping tanks, factories or other works likely to entail risk of harmful pollution of any such water supply, or prohibiting or regulating the deposit in the vicinity of, or in any place draining into, any such supply of any manure, filth or noxious or offensive matter or thing,and generally, for preventing the pollution dangerous to health of any supply of water which the public within its district has a right to use and does use for drinking or domestic purposes and for purifying any such supply which has become so polluted, and for preventing the pollution of streams so as to be a nuisance or a danger to health.(2)Rules under this section shall be made with due regard to the interests of agricultural or any other industries.