Tana River County Sand Harvesting Act, 2017 (No. 9 of 2017).

The object and purpose of this Act is to provide a legal framework in the Tana River County for sand harvesting, i.e. the removal, extraction, harvesting or scooping of sand from a designated areas. In particular the Act provides, among other things, for the regulation of sustainable exploitation and utilisation of sand resource and other excavated material, registration of sand dealers and sand harvesting associations, environmental impact assessment and the rehabilitation and protection of the environment from harmful effects of sand harvesting and related activities. It also enables communities to participate in the management of sand harvesting. Sand harvesting from any riverbed shall be undertaken in a manner that allows adequate reserve of the sand to be retained to ensure water retention. Sand harvesting shall not be undertaken on any riverbank.
The Act establishes a County Sand Harvesting and Management Committee, which shall be responsible for, among other things, registration and formulation of environmental conservancy programmes in relation to sand harvesting. The Committee shall approve the establishment of such number of Sand Harvesting Associations as is necessary and in accordance with the law relating to the registration of associations. No person shall use, cause or permit to remove sand from any river, farm, ranch or other land for the purposes of sale unless a valid license is issued under this Act.