President William Ruto assents to key three Bills
President William Ruto signed three Bills into law at State House, Nairobi, on Friday. The legislations are the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies (Amendment) Act, 2026, the Coffee Act, 2023 (Mediated Version), and the Meteorology Act, 2023. The Coffee Act, 2023, provides for the dev..
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President William Ruto has assented to three key Bills into law: the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies (Amendment) Act, 2026, the Coffee Act, 2023, and the Meteorology Act, 2023.
- The Coffee Act, 2023 reorganises the coffee sector, transferring regulatory roles to the Coffee Board of Kenya and establishing a new Coffee Research and Training Institute.
- The Miscellaneous Fees and Levies (Amendment) Act, 2026 expands the scope of the Railway Development Levy to finance broader railway infrastructure and establishes the Railway Development Levy Fund.
- The Meteorology Act, 2023 establishes a framework for meteorological services, creating the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority and the Meteorology Training and Research Directorate.
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