Strategic Objective 2: To develop and implement policy, institutional and legal enabling environment

KENTTEC was gazetted as a state corporation in the then Ministry of Livestock Development (MoLD) vide an Executive Order Legal Notice No. 77 of the Kenya Gazette Supplement No.76 of 27^th July 2012 under the State Corporation Act (Cap 446). This instrument provides temporary tenure to the institution thus hampering its long-term planning and investment. The eradication and control is guided by Animal Disease Act (Cap 364), Public Health (Cap 242) and the National Livestock Policy of 2008. Other related policies and Acts of Parliament that relate to tsetse control include Pharmacy and Poison Act( Cap 244), Pest Control and Management Act 2013 (Cap 376), Science and Technology Act (Cap 250), Environmental Management Coordination (EMCA) (Cap 387), Kenya National Drug Policy of 1994, and the National Land Policy of 2009.

A perusal of this legal and policy document reveals that they do not adequately address the issue of T&T eradication in Kenya as demonstrated by overlapping and, in some instances, contradicting provisions. Additionally, there is severe overlap in institutional mandate between the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) and the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). Kenya therefore urgently needs clear legal, policy and institutional frameworks to adequately guide its T&T eradication campaign.

Specific Objective 2.1: To develop policy institutional and legal framework supportive of T&T eradication

Strategies

In order to achieve specific objective 1 the following strategies will be adopted:

Develop, advocate and implement T&T regional policy, institutional and legal framework in collaboration with stakeholders
Develop, advocate and implement T&T national policy, institutional and legal framework in collaboration with stakeholders
Support the development and implementation of T&T policy, institutional and legal framework in counties

Specific Objective 2.2: To develop and disseminate tsetse control and eradication guidelines.

Strategies

In order to achieve specific objective 2 the following strategies will be adopted:

Develop and implement regional/ transboundary tsetse control and eradication guidelines
Develop and disseminate county tsetse control and eradication guidelines
Develop and implement strategies/ guidelines for conservation areas