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    "content": "be now read a Second Time. This is an Act of Parliament to amend the Environmental Management and Coordination Act and for connected purposes, enacted by the Parliament of Kenya as follows– Section 147 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act of 1999 is amended in subsection (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b)– (ba) make provisions for the prohibition of the introduction, growth or maintenance of trees of the eucalyptus species in and along any river, lake, sea or wetland. The principal object of the Bill is to amend Section 147 of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act No.8 of 1999 to permit the Cabinet Secretary to make regulations to prohibit the planting of eucalyptus trees along rivers, lakes, seas and wetlands. This is meant to remove the water-intensive eucalyptus trees from water catchment areas and thus preserve ground water and prevent the reduction of water levels. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Bill delegates legislative power to the Cabinet Secretary, but does not limit fundamental rights and freedoms. The Bill concerns county governments in terms of Article 110(1)(a) of the Constitution. It affects the functions of county governments under paragraph 10(2) of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution on the implementation of specific national Government policies on natural resources and environmental conservation. On whether the Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of Article 114 of the Constitution, the enactment of the Bill shall not occasion additional expenditure of public funds."
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