ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Health Act
136. Breeding places of mosquitoes to be nuisances
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
136. Breeding places of mosquitoes to be nuisances
For the purposes of this Act—(a)all collections of water, sewage, rubbish, refuse, ordure or other fluid or solid substances which permit or facilitate the breeding or multiplication of animal or vegetable parasites of men or domestic animals, or of insects or of other agents, which are known to carry such parasites or which may otherwise cause or facilitate the infection of men or domestic animals by such parasites;(b)any collection of water in any well, pool, gutter, channel, depression, excavation, barrel, tub, bucket or any other article, and found to contain any of the immature stages of the mosquito;(c)any cesspit, latrine, urinal, dung-pit or ash-pit found to contain any of the immature stages of the mosquito, shall be nuisances liable to be dealt with in the manner hereinbefore provided for the treatment of nuisances.