Kitui District Environment Action Plan 2009-2013
REPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND MINERAL RESOURCES KITUI DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT ACTION PLAN 2009-2013 i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Environmental Management and Coordination Act 1999 provides for the formulation of the District Environment Action Plans every five years. This is the first District Environment Action Plan (DEAP) for Kitui District. The preparation of the DEAP was undertaken through a participatory process both in the public, private and civil sectors. Further, this document has incorporated salient issues from the Divisions. The DEAP highlights priority environmental issues requiring action to mitigate increasing environmental degradation for the District to achieve sustainable development. The report is divided into eight chapters. Chapter one gives the challenges of sustainable development and also describes the rationale for and preparatory process of the DEAP. It presents the district’s main profile covering the physical features, demographic and agro-ecological zones. Chapter two describes the District’s Environment and Natural Resources of Land, Water, Biodiversity, rare, threatened and invader species, wetlands and agriculture, livestock and fisheries. For each resource, major environmental issues, challenges and proposed interventions have been identified. Chapter three entails the human settlements and infrastructure in Kitui District covering situation analysis, challenges and proposed interventions. Environmental challenges addressed include; waste management, sanitation, pollution, diseases, land use, demand for water, energy, materials for construction, land and wetlands degradation, policy and legislation.. Chapter four addresses environmental aspects in trade, industry, tourism and services sectors. The key issues under this chapter are high pollution levels from production and consumption sectors including weak enforcement of relevant legislations. Chapter five discusses environmental hazards and disasters.
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