Sessional Paper No. 06 of 1999 on Environment and Development

Abstract

Kenya has developed a large number of initiatives in the environment and natural resources sector. However, there has been no strategic approach integrating environmental concerns into the development planning process until the adoption of the National Environment Action Plan (NEAP) in 1994. The urgency of this concern is reflected in tl.1e l 994--96 development plan which calls for a sessional paper on sustainable development to set comprehensive guidelines and strategies for government action. The sustainable development concerns were succinctly stated by H.E. President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi when he warned in Nakuru in 1985 that "prospects for future progress are ominously linked to the way we protect and exploit the land and its flora and fauna" The Government has developed this Sessional Paper setting out comprehensive policy guidelines towards achieving sustainable development and in response to the increasing concerns regarding the effects of development on the environment.