Mining (Mineral Royalty Sharing) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 3 of 2026.

These Regulations implement section 183(5) of the Mining Act, in order to provide for the sharing of mineral royalties among the national government, county governments and communities. The Regulations concern: identification of community; collection of mineral royalties; payment of mineral royalties; distribution of mineral royalties; establishment of the community mineral royalty management committee; functions of the committee, including: ensuring that the projects or other interventions to be financed by the mineral royalties paid to the benefitting community are well planned, evaluated, monitored and based on the actual needs of the community; ensuring that the benefits of any project or intervention financed by royalties are accessible to a wider cross-section of the community; approving project work plan and budget; facilitating continuous engagements between the Committee and members of the community and among the members of the benefitting community; facilitating the settlement of disputes or complaints that may arise between members of the community in relation to the uses of royalties. The Regulations also provide for offences and penalties, and for a dispute resolution mechanism for the resolution of disputes relating to handling of interventions or projects of the community.