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BRIEF ON PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGY, REFORM PROGRAMME AND MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 7 TARGET 9 Background The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources was established in June 2004 as per Presidential Circular no. 1/2004. The Ministry comprises three technical departments namely; Forests, Resource Survey and Remote Sensing, and Mines and Geology. The State Corporations in the Ministry are National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) and Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) .The Mission of the Ministry is “To develop, conserve, protect and sustainable manage the environment, forestry and mineral resources for national development”. The core functions of the Ministry as stated in the Presidential Circular No.1/2004 are as follows: -

• Environmental Policy Development; • Mining Policy development; • Forestry Policy Development; • Inventory and Protection of Natural Resources; • Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP); • National Environment Management Authority (NEMA); • Development of Forests, Reafforestation and Agroforestry; • Water Catchment Area Conservation, Control and Protection; • Mineral Exploration and Mining; and • Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI).

Sector Analysis Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources plays a vital role in Kenya’s economic life. It is only through prudent exploitation and management of the environment and natural resources on a sustainable basis that the twin goals of rapid economic growth and poverty reduction can be attained. Environment and Natural Resources provides the base for economic and social development including poverty reduction. However, its importance has not been precisely valuated and factored into the Gross Domestic Product. However, the contribution to the economy, even though not easy to quantify on monetary terms cannot be underscored.

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The sector forms the basis for food production, industrial input and tourism industry. Further, environmental management and protection contributes to sustained water catchments and good climate. A clean and pollution free environment contributes to improve health of the population. Mining Sector Kenya has a high potential for both metallic and non-metallic industrial minerals as evidenced by the 90% of the country already surveyed. However, mineral production has stagnated in the past due to lack of new investors in the sector. This has been attributed to lack of incentives and use of an outdated Mining Act (Cap. 306), which makes mining unattractive to potential investors. To encourage mineral exploration and production, the Ministry is currently preparing a Mineral Policy and reviewing the existing Mining Act. Further, the Ministry will carry out a mineral survey and establish a mineral data, modernize geological laboratories, harmonize laws governing common minerals on exploitations and exploration. It is hoped that when these processes are finalized in the next one year or so, the sector will be able to attract both large and small investors. The Government of Kenya has recognized the existence of a great mineral potential in the country, which has remained largely undeveloped for some time now. Towards Kenya’s policy of industrialization by the year 2020, it is clear that the mining sector has a strategic role to play. Once fully developed the mining sector will go along way in contributing to poverty reduction, especially in rural communities where the mining takes place. The Government has licensed the mining of Titanium in Kwale District of the coast Province and it is expected that this activity alone will create a huge impact in terms of employment creation and poverty reduction in the area. Therefore, once its full potential is realized, the mining will make its contribution to the stated Government policy of wealth and employment creation as well as Poverty Reduction. In order to facilitate the development of the mineral potential of this country fully, the Ministry has embarked on reforms in the mineral resources sector. These are geared towards achieving substantial increases in the contributions to the country’s GDP, employment creation, infrastructure developments and improvement of the socio-economic status of the citizenry especially in the rural areas. Ranking high in the planned reforms are the formulation of a new mineral policy and the enactment of a new mining legislation. These will go hand in hand with changes to fiscal incentives for mining investment as provided for by the various tax laws (the Income Tax Act, The Customs & Excise Act, the VAT Act, etc.) The reforms will ensure that all mining and quarrying activities conform to the principal of

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sustainable development and undertaken in an environmentally sound manner and hence contributing positively to MDG 7 on ensuring environmental sustainability. The planned reforms in the minerals sector are to specifically target private investments, both local and foreign. The Government’s main role would remain that of facilitator and regulator, while private enterprise will be expected to be the prime mover of mineral development. Forestry Sector Forests in Kenya cover a total area of 37.6 million hectares of which 2.1 million hectares are woodlands, 24.8 million are bush lands and 1.07 million are wooded grassland. Out of the total forest cover, only 1.7 million hectares are gazetted and managed by the Forest Department. In addition to this, a total of 9.4 million hectares of a variety of tree coverage exists on farmlands, settlement areas and urban centres. Forests rank high as one of the important national assets for economic, environmental, social and cultural values. Despite the proportionately small area of the gazetted forests compared to the overall country’s surface area, forests will continue to play a significant role of providing a wide variety of resources for human development. Forests provide utility products such as timber for the construction industry and for subsistence utilization by the community and paper for the education and print media sectors. Forests also provide a wide variety of non-wood products. They are important in conservation of biological diversity, regulation of water supplies, carbon dioxide sinks and are a major habitat for wildlife, which promotes tourism. The hydroelectric power stations are located on major forest areas of vital water catchments and along major rivers, which also provide water to support irrigation schemes that are important for agricultural sector development. For example it is estimated that forest products are services contribute about Kshs.17 billion to the economy and employs directly about 30,000 indirectly about 100,000 people. The Timber industry alone is estimated to have investments over Kshs.44 billion. In addition, over 530,000 households living within a radius of five kilometres from the forest estates depend on forests for cultivation, grazing, fishing, fuel wood, honey, herbal medicine, water and other benefits. However, despite their major role in environmental, social and economic development of the nation, forests resources are currently faced with the threat of human activities that include; illegal encroachment, excision, charcoal burning, illegal cultivation, poaching of timber and frequent fire outbreaks among others. To meet the challenges and address the problems experienced in the Forestry Sector, the Ministry will use the following strategies among others: -

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• Pursue the Forest Policy (2005) and the Enactment of the New Forest Bill 2005 with the relevant institutions that are geared towards promoting the participation of the community and other stakeholders in sustainable forest conservation and management;

• Include private sector participation in the Afforestation and Management of forest plantation;

• Review all forest excisions to rationalize them in accordance with standing procedures and revoke fraudulently allocated forest lands;

• Implement a crush reforestation programme of the harvested areas in state forest through involvement of communities and other stakeholders;

• Rehabilitate degraded sites and water catchments areas in the natural forest reserves;

• Intensify farm forestry and dry land forestry interventions in order to ease the pressure of forest resources from gazetted forest areas and to expand forest cover on private lands especially arid and semi-arid areas;

• Reorganize the Forests Department into functional ecological units; • Support research on natural resources with the aim of developing appropriate

technologies and management systems; and • Review the current ban on timber harvesting in order to give future policy

guidelines. Once the reforms are finalised, the Forestry Sub-sector will be able to contribute positively to economic development, poverty reduction and increased employment. However, in order for this to happen the Government will be required to increase as well as leverage investment for the sub-sector. The Ministry of Environment and Natural resources recognises that there has been poor governance in the forestry sub-sector and has put measures in place to address such issues. Such measures include taking drastic disciplinary measures against all those involved in forest destruction and corrupt practices; repossessing grabbed forestland and encouraging communities and other stakeholders to take an active role in forest management. For more details, reference is made to table 1 below. Environment Sector Over the years, environmental programmes have not been given the priority they deserve. Short-term social and economic programmes are pursued at the expense of long-term environmental sustainability. Furthermore, lack of environmental standards has hampered pollution control and waste and chemical management. Environmental and Natural Resources degradation constitute a major challenge in Kenya’s development process. The degradation is mainly because of pollution and poor waste management, deforestation, water catchments destruction,

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desertification and poverty. The recognition of the interdependence of socio-economic development and environment conservation is gaining much attention form both the local and the international community. This is being done through integration of environmental concerns into the national planning process and provision of guidelines for development that is environmentally friendly. Currently, Kenya is faced with the sustainable development challenge of ensuring that environmental considerations are integrated in all major national and sectoral policies, plans and decision-making processes. This calls for development of the necessary capacities and tools to assess and anticipate the impact of development activities on the environment. The Government’s commitment to environmental issues is demonstrated by the enactment of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act of 1999. To enforce the Act and establish good environmental practices, the national Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has been in operation since 1st July 2002. Other institutions under the Act established are: - National Environment council, NEMA board of Management, Public complains Committee, National Environment tribunal, Standards Review and Enforcement committee, Technical Advisory committee on EIA, Provincial and District Environmental Committees, and National action Plan Committee (NEAP). The main responsibilities of NEMA are to monitor the state of the environment, advise the government on environmental policy and legislation; co-ordinate and harmonize environmental sectoral interests; promote integration of environmental concerns in development planning and oversee compliance of environmental laws and standards besides other function. The other important aspects of environmental conservation in the country are pollution control and waste management. These issues are increasingly becoming major problems due to a high population growth, urbanization and industrialization. The problems are being addressed through application of various measures that include but not limited to the following: -

• Environmental education and public awareness; • Environmental Impact Assessments; • Development of environmental standards and economic instruments; • Strengthening of District and provincial environmental committees; • Follow-up and implementation of multilateral environmental agreements; and • Follow-up and implementation of World Summit on Sustainable Development

WSSD) resolutions and millennium development goals. Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing The Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing under the Ministry is charged with the responsibility of collecting natural resources data for planning

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purposes for District, Government Ministries, Parastatal bodies and other stakeholders. The Department provides data on: -

• Natural Resources; • Endangered/threatened Wildlife species; • Land use/land cover; • Forest/vegetation cover mapping; and • Annual crop production forecast and early warning information on natural

resources Forestry Research Institute The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) is a semi-autonomous government agency. It was established in 1986 to undertake research and development in forestry and allied natural resources. The institute will continue to: -

• Conduct research in forestry; • Continuously generate technologies for farm forestry, natural forests, dry

lands forestry and forest plantations; and • Continuously document and disseminate research findings on forestry and

allied natural resources. The Environment and Natural Resources Sector has great potential for investment. If adequate resources are devoted to this sector, it will form great impetus of growth and development to t he whole economy. The Government, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is making an effort to create an enabling environment for effective utilization of the Environment and Natural Resources for economic development and prosperity of the people of Kenya. A summary of the progress made under the Economic Recovery Strategy is shown in table 1 while the on-going reform initiative being undertaken by the Ministry are shown in table 2 below.

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TABLE 1: IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGY Sub Sector Objectives Expected

outcome Proposed Action(s)

Planned Activities/Targets Achievements Remarks

a) Approval of forest policy • Forest Policy formulated to be submitted to the cabinet for approval.

The policy will be presented to cabinet soon

b) Enactment of the draft forest bill

• Bill was presented to parliament but was differed due to some technicalities.

The bill will be presented to parliament soon

c) Departmental restructuring • 7 Conservancies have been delineated

The implementation awaits the authority of the DPM.

d) Upgrading of staff cadres • Proposals on upgrading of different categories of staff cadres were made.

• Proposals on the scheme of services for professional and technical cadres was reviewed

The forester III cadre was promoted to forester II cadre.

e) Off-load non-core function • Proposal has been made on merging the functions and duties of Forest Industrial Training Centre (FITC) with the Forest Training College (FTC)

The implementation awaits the authority of the DPM.

f) Commercialize forest plantations

• Pilot implementation have been started in Meru Central and Machakos districts

A consultant study had earlier on been done

Forestry Reverse the decline in forest cover

-Increased forest cover -Improvement in Environment. -Increased incomes from forest products.

Improve Governance

g) Convert KFC to Semi Autonomous Government Agency (SAGA)

• Draft proposal has been written on the process of converting FTC to SAGA.

• The post of the principal and the deputy principal were created.

The proposal is in the process of being finalized.

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h) Enhance the Department’s Work Improvement Team.

• Workshops were held to sensitize different cadres of staff on work improvement and performance

The process will be continued.

i) Re-organization the Departments personnel

• 829 Professional and technical staffs were sent on compulsory leave, after which they underwent a suitability interview. The staff were later re-deployed

The department is now fully functional

j) Training (train 47 officers) • 27 officers were trained on different courses including 1 PHD, 7 MSC, 9 BSC and 10 short courses

The acquired skills will be useful in implementing the programmes.

k) ICT capacity building in the Department

• The installation of Local Area Network (LAN) in Forest Department Headquarters was set up.

The installation will be completed during the current financial year.

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l) Re-organization of (2,740) forest guards to properly equipped force

• 453 Forest Guards were trained on paramilitary skills in KWS paramilitary training school in Manyani

• 245 Forest Guards were trained on basic forestry issues in Forest Training College Londiani.

• 1,600 sets of uniforms were procured

• 400 firearms were procured • 168 armory boxes were

procured. • 7 HF and 3 VHF radios were

installed while a 120 feet mast was erected at the headquarters

The forest guards will continue to be trained and equipped for better performance.

m) Review the ban on timber harvesting in the GOK forests

• A committee comprising of Forest Department and Timber manufactures association submitted a proposal on lifting of the ban on timber harvesting and presented the same to the Ministry Headquarters for consideration.

The ban is still in force.

n) Monitoring and evaluation (M & E) of projects/programmers quarterly

• Two M & E Exercises were undertaken besides the Department’s organized field visits to supervise and monitor implementation of the department activities.

Monitoring and evaluation will be enhanced

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o) HIV/AIDs awareness (Organise 3 workshops)

• The Department organized workshops and seminars for Forest department and members of their families residing in Karura

Sensitisation of staff members will continue

a) Identify allocated forest land

• 142,968.2ha. of forestland have been identified as land that was irregularly and illegally allocated.

Implementation of the recommendations of the commission are ongoing

Reposes forest land allocated for other development

b) Design the methods/process of repossession

• The activity is tied up by (a) above

As above

c) Seedlings production (32.8 million)

• 28,000,000 seedlings were produced

Seedlings production will be enhanced

d) Rehabilitate degraded forest areas (1,500 Ha)

• 1,759 ha. of degraded forest was rehabilitated

This is mainly done in the natural forests

e) Develop participatory forest management plans (5)

• 5 PFMP preparation process continued in Taita Taveta, Laikipia, Kakamega, Kajiado and Kiambu

The PFMPs will spell out the activities to be undertaken

Reforestation programmes

f) Involve private stakeholders in production of industrial wood

• A total of 6.5 million seedlings were produced by private stakeholders

• The private stakeholders established a total of 3,273ha of forest.

The main stakeholders include PPM, Raiply, Comply and Kaptagat.

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g) Develop forest fire management plans (20 District Forest Management Plans)

• Forest department together with the USAID under the FORREMS Project has initiated the process of preparation of fire management plan in 3 districts in Mt. Kenya ecosystem (Laikipia, Nyeri, Meru Central).

The fire management plan will be used as a pilot case for other forests

h) Carry out forest resource inventory and mapping (Sales Inventory – 2,000 Ha, Management Inventory – 3,000 Ha)

• 1,628.5ha. of forest were assessed for sale as pulpwood and timber.

• 455.8ha. of plantation was assessed for management purposes

The inventory data will be critical for forest management

i) Tree seedlings planting (17,700 Ha)

• 5,970 ha. of forest plantations established

The area was planted by forest department

j) Maintenance of forest boundary and fire breaks (1,200 Ha)

• 94 Km of forest boundary and fire breaks were maintained

Boundary maintenance reduces cases of encroachment

k) Maintenance of forest roads and infrastructure (640 Ha)

• 339 Km of forest roads were maintained

The improved road network is key for forest access

l) Forest protection and patrol (Rehabilitation of 6 fire towers)

• 6 fire outbreak observation towers were erected

The fire towers will be increased to reduce fire occurrence.

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Encourage Farm Forestry

a) Seedling production (35.4 million)

• A total of 18,235,975 seedlings were produced.

The seedlings are planted in the private farmlands.

Mining & quarrying

Maximise benefits from the mineral resources for the country

-Higher incomes accruing from royalties. -Fair compensation of the people displaced by mining. -Better protection of environment. -Technology transfer Investment in the mineral exploitation

Formulate a Mining policy for the country

Hold 3 consultative meetings with Commonwealth Secretariat and stakeholders Hold 1 stakeholders workshop in the Mining industry and preparation of final draft and Bill - Publication and forwarding of the Bill to Parliament

-In October, 2003 consultative meetings were held between the Ministry, the Tax and Land Authorities and representatives of the Commonwealth Secretariat -Draft proposals for the New Mining Policy and Legislation have been prepared by the Economic and Legal section of the Special Advisory Services Division in the Secretariat and discussed. -A final draft was presented to the Ministry in January 2004.

-The draft proposal was discussed during a National Investment Conference on Mining Sub-sector that was held from 10th –11th March, 2004.

Recommendations of the Conference held in March, 2004 will be incorporated into the new Mining Policy and Law and a stakeholders workshop is scheduled for March, 2005 with a view to fairing the final document

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Environment

Environment protection

-Sustainable environmental management. -Domestication of Agenda 21 -Improve health of the Lake and as a result to Improvement of fish output from Lake Victoria as a result of reduced lake plants (Hyacinth)

Implementation of National Environment Action Plan (NEAP)

- Elaborating and implementing NEAP and natural resources inventory. - Establishing linkages

between land degradation & energy.

- Establish linkages between land degradation & biodiversity loss with wildlife and livestock densities.

- Assessing the conservation status of, and the impact of human activities on forest resources and the environment in Kenya

- Assess and plan for the protection of the coastal and marine resources, ecosystems and environment

- Establish land use trends and patterns and their impact on quality and quantity of natural resources and the environment

- Plan on urban Solid waste mgmt in order to clean up cities and ensure separation of various types of solid wastes at source and putting them to economic use or safe disposal

- Develop an environmental economics framework on which to evolve incentives and disincentives for environmental and natural

-The government has constituted and launched the NEAP committee and the committee has held one meeting. -The Government has also convened a national stakeholders consensus workshop on the NEAP elaboration process.

- An elaborate framework has been developed to guide the implementation of the environmental action plans at the three levels (National, Provincial and Districts).

Limited finances apportioned to NEMA hinders the preparation of NEAP

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Implementation of Environmental Management and Coordination Act (1999)

- Awareness raising campaigns on EMCA

- Develop a strategy on Sustainable Education.

- Capacity building and training at all levels

- Promotion of cleaner technologies

- Preparation of the State of Environment Reports

- Preparation for World Environment. Celebrations

- Emergency response environmental Disasters

- Strengthening of district information & documentation Centres

- Support to provincial and District Environment Committees (PECs & DECs)

-The Provincial and District Environment Committees; the Standard Review and Enforcement Committee; the National Environment Action Plan Committee; the Public Complaints Committee and the National Environment Tribunal has been operationalized. -The Provincial and District offices have been set and two induction workshops held for NEMA’s Staff. -Economic incentives have been prepared and are in use. -Gazetted regulation for environmental impact assessment and environmental audit.

-The Government has formulated draft environmental regulations for environmental management on six sectors and the first State of Environment Report.

-A protocol on Environmental information exchange and networking has been developed.

- Produced four NEMAs Newsletters and has been involved in development and dissemination of awareness creation materials such as posters, Stickers for Matatus, Cars, Brochures, Exhibition in ASK shows.

Without adequate and predictable funding, the Government will not achieve the planed target of fully operationalizing the Act by end of 2005. In respect to this, environmental deterioration will continue unabated and the desired clean and health environment for all will not be achieved.

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Implementation of WSSD and Millennium Development Goals.

- Establish a National Committee on follow-up of WSSD. - Prepare an awareness-raising manual on WSSD/ JPOI and Millennium Development Goals. - Raise the level of awareness of sustainable development agreements (Agenda 21, Millennium Development – Goals and the WSSD/Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPO1) - Formulation of a draft

national strategy for sustainable development

- Preparation and participation in commission of sustainable Development forum.

- Finalization of a national strategy for sustainable development

- Coordination of the implementation of the outcomes of WSSD including the Environmental component of NEPAD and Implementation Conference Africa

- Oversee the implementation of activities related to Goal no. 7 (Ensure Environmental sustainability) of the millennium Development Goal.

- Meeting international

-Various sectoral plans and strategies aimed at implementing Agenda 21 and other related outcomes of UNCED have been developed. Kenya has formulated among others, a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan; and a National Action Plan to Combat Desertification. The Ant-Desertification Community Trust Fund has been operationalised and the Board of Trustee has been appointed.

-Nation Steering Committee has been established to coordinate the formulation of a comprehensive national Action Plan on the implementation of WSSD.

- A Baseline data collection workshop has been conducted and a draft report is ready and an Environmental Education Strategy has also been formulated.

Lack of adequate financial resources and technological capacity are the major challenges and constraints for meeting the JPOI and MDG goals and targets. The shortfall in financial resources is largely due to the failure of the international community to fulfill its commitments in the areas of means of implementation, including the Monterrey commitments.

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Implementation of Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP)

Formulation of a draft national strategy for sustainable development;

-Public awareness campaigns have been mounted among lake communities and other stakeholders. -Water hyacinth infestation that had covered an estimated 12,000 hectares of the lake surface at start of the project has been reduced by 80% likewise -Fish quality and water quality laboratories established, equipped and operational. -Strategies for conserving fish species once feared extinct have been developed. -Law enforcement mechanisms for curbing illegal fishing practices have been strengthened through adoption of co-management strategies. -Inventory and characteristics of industries, municipalities, and towns some villages and settlement schemes and their liquid effluents that enter lake have been done and the point sources of pollution “ hot spots” identified. -12 Million-tree seedlings were raised at public, private and commercial nurseries and planted in micro-catchment.

The Ministry of Agriculture will continue to coordinate the implementation of the project activities until LVEMP 1 is over. LVEMP II preparations are undergoing under the Ministry.

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Preparation and participation in commission of sustainable Development forum.

-Stakeholders workshop on LVEMP 2 preparation was held in Tanzania for the three partner states and partners in development in 2004. -Strategy for implementation of LVEMP 2 was prepared and adopted by the Sector Council of Ministers of Lake Victoria Basin in July, 2004.

Preparation for the LVEMP 2 will continue until the end of the current financial year (2004/2005)

TABLE 2: REFORM INITIATIVES IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

Time Frame Programmes/Projects

Activities Outputs/Targets Start End

Implementing Agencies

Implementing Status

Source of Funding

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - Review DRSRS vision, mission and activities - Draft a policy paper for DRSRS

- Policy document June 2004 June 2005 - Private consultants - DRSRS

- Ongoing GOK Development of Policy and legislation for the Department of Resource Survey and Remote Sensing (DRSRS)

- Draft a bill for DRSRS - DRSRS bill June 2004 December 2005

- Private Consultant - DRSRS

- Ongoing GOK

Computerization (e-government initiative)

- Networking the Department - Procurement of computers & servers

- Operational local area network (LAN) - Operational computers

June 2004 June 2004

June 2005 June 2005

DRSRS DRSRS

- Complete - Ongoing

GOK GOK

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Implementing Status

Source of Funding

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Development of Forest Policy

- Analysis of the current policy - Analysis of the emerging forest issues. - Formulation of the policy. - Submission of the policy to the Cabinet for approval. - Submission of the approved policy to parliament for discussion.

- Policy document - Sessional paper

1994 2005 MENR (Forest Department)

- Policy document formulated and submitted to the Cabinet

GOK

Development of Forest Bill

- Analysis of the current Bill - Preparation of the Bill - Presentation of the Bill to parliament for enactment

- Forest Act 1995 2005 - MENR - Forest Department

- Forest Bill prepared and is about to be published and presented to parliament.

GOK

Formulation of Mineral Policy

- Review and compilation of literature and data

- Information document

2001 2004 MENR/Mines and Geological Department (MGD)

Done GOK/Commonwealth Secretariat

- Stake holders workshop - Policy issues March 2005 April 2005 MGD - First workshop scheduled for March 2005

GOK

- Compilation of Policy document

Mineral Policy Document

May 2005 July 2005 MGD/Commonwealth Secretariat

Awaiting outcome of workshops

GOK

Review of the Mining Act

Review of existing legislation in the Commonwealth

Information document

2001 2004 MGD/Commonwealth Secretariat

Done GOK/Commonwealth Secretariat

Stake holders workshop Details of issues to be covered

March 2005 April 2005 MGD/Commonwealth Secretariat

Workshop scheduled for 2005

GOK

Drafting of new act Draft act August 2005

February 2006 Attorney General (AG)/MGD

To await the outcome of the workshops

GOK

Computerization of Database

Procure computers, servers, allied equipment and software

Database, hardware and software

2002 2006 MGD Some hardware has been installed

GOK

Targeted - Receiving applications, - About 1500 July, 2004 June, 2008 MENR (Personnel - 305 DPM

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Implementing Status

Source of Funding

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Voluntary Early Retirement Scheme (TVERS)

acknowledgement, computing safety net payable, preparation of agenda for deliberation countersigning forms, forwarding to DPM after auditing

applications are expected to be processed

Division) applications so far processed ready for deliberation by the Ministerial committee

Integrated Payroll and Personnel Database (IPPD)

- Cleansing and verification of data capture sheets in respect of each staff before computing, photograph of each staff to be saved.

- 8,200 data capture sheets are expected to be verified and computed.

September 2004

March 2005 MENR (Personnel Division

7,616 cases have so far been processed and computed

DPM

Integrated financial management and information system (IFMS)

- Preparation of Purchasing Order (PO) - Preparation of Accounts Payable (AP) - Preparation of General Ledger (GL) - Preparation of Cash Management (CM) - Preparation of Public sector Budgeting (PSB) - Preparation of Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA)

- To support a more efficient and effective financial information system - Reduce levels of irregular payments - Improve the collection of revenue - Improve financial management, accounting, accountability and internal auditing of public funds

2004/2005

2005/2006

Ministry of Finance Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Accounts Section)

- Funds to implement this project have been requested in the revised estimates. - The project is expected to start in April 2005

GOK

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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is charged with the responsibility of spearheading the implementation of MDG. 7 and specifically target 9 on the integration of the principles of sustainable development into the country’s policies and programmes, and reverse the loss of environmental resources. The other targets under MDG 7 are on:-

• Reduction by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water; and

• Achieving significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020 are being implemented by Ministries of Water and Irrigation and Lands and Housing respectively.

Towards realizing target 9. The Ministry has undertaken the following: -

1. Organized a one day stakeholders sensitization workshop on Mainstreaming MDG 7 in the planning process on 16th July, 2004; and

2. Organized another one day stakeholders workshop On 18th February, 2005 to discuss the Needs Assessment Report prepared by a consultant on target 9.

The recommendations of the workshop held on 18th February, 2005 are:-

(a) Develop and operationalize a strategy that not only defines a clear and broad environmental framework, but also places MENR firmly in the MDG 7 driver's sit;

(b) Create and operationalize a representative (GOK Civil Society, Private Sector and Development Agencies) MDG Task force to be spearheaded by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to steer on the process;

(c) Identify “Task Truck” and “Quick Win” activities for immediate implementation; and

(d) Implement the capacity acquisition, “Quick-Win”, and “Fast Truck” activities identified by the needs assessment report.

The Ministry is currently pursuing the above recommendations with a view to realizing the MDG 7 target 9. However, it is important to note that environment cuts across all the other sectors and contributes directly or indirectly towards achieving the other MDGs. In view of this, there is need for the other sectors to integrate/mainstream environment into the national and sectoral planning.

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