Chapter 5: LAND AND ENVIRONMENTPart 2 — ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Article 72. Legislation relating to the environment

Navigate this chapter (13 articles)

• 60. Principles of land policy
• 61. Classification of land
• 62. Public land
• 63. Community land
• 64. Private land
• 65. Landholding by non-citizens
• 66. Regulation of land use and property
• 67. National Land Commission
• 68. Legislation on land
• 69. Obligations in respect of the environment
• 70. Enforcement of environmental rights
• 71. Agreements relating to natural resource
• 72. Legislation relating to the environment (current)

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Official Constitutional Text

72. Parliament shall enact legislation to give full effect to the provisions of this Part.

Plain English Explanation

This is a simplified summary to explain this article in clear language. It is not the legal text of the Constitution.

Article 72 of the Kenyan Constitution mandates that Parliament pass specific laws to ensure all the environmental and natural resource protections in this section are fully implemented. This requires lawmakers to create functional legal frameworks, regulatory bodies, and enforcement procedures that turn these constitutional principles into practical, everyday rules.