Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Public Complaints Committee) Regulations, 2012 (L.N. No. 112 of 2012).

These Regulations, made by the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources under section 147 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999, concern lodging of complaints relating to any matter set out under section 32 of the Act with the Public Complaints Committee established under section 31 of the Act and the handling of such compliant by the Committee. These Regulations shall apply, as far as practicable to allegations investigated by the Committee on its own initiative. The Complaints Committee shall investigate: (a) any allegations or complaints against any person or against the National Environment Management authority in relation to the condition of the environment in Kenya; (b) on its own motion, any suspected case of environmental degradation. The Committee may, in its discretion, refer any matter relating to a complaint to the National Environmental Tribunal.