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Checkpoint
(CP)
published: 05 Oct 2016
last updated: 20 Jan 2025
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
Role: Oversees plant health, seed quality, and certification of plant-derived products.
Relation to Genetic Resources:
- Regulates the commercialization of plant genetic resources, including seeds and horticultural products.
- Verifies compliance with ABS laws when genetic material is accessed or utilized.
KEPHIS and the Nagoya Protocol
As a regulator of plant genetic resources, KEPHIS plays a critical role in Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) under the Nagoya Protocol:Regulating Access to Plant Genetic Resources:
- Oversees the use of plant genetic resources for research, breeding, and commercialization.
- Verifies compliance with ABS requirements, including Prior Informed Consent (PIC) and Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT), before granting access to plant genetic materials.
- Monitoring Commercialization:Ensures that products derived from plant genetic resources meet ABS compliance requirements.
- Works with other agencies, such as the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), to monitor benefit-sharing agreements.
- Collaboration and Reporting:Collaborates with international bodies and stakeholders to align with global standards on plant health and genetic resources.
- Provides data and reports on genetic resource use to the ABS Clearing-House for transparency and accountability.
- National / Federal
The contacts indicated below will receive email copies of checkpoint communiqués containing the information collected or received and published from this checkpoint.
All Competent National Authorities designated for have been selected to automatically receive checkpoint communiqués by email published from this checkpoint.
Competent National Authority:National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) ()Popo Road,South C, off Mombasa Road P.O.BOX 67839-00200, Nairobi.Nairobi, Nairobi
00200,Phone: +254-020-2101370, 020-2183718, 020-2307281, 020-2103696,Fax: +(254)-020-6008997,Email: info@nema.go.ke,Website: http://www.nema.go.ke/,
No additional authorities have been selected to receive the automatic email copies of checkpoint communiqués published from this checkpoint.
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) is a state corporation established under the State Corporations Act (Cap 446) through Legal Notice No. 305 of October 1996. KEPHIS operates under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and is mandated to ensure the quality of agricultural inputs and produce in Kenya. It plays a vital role in regulating plant health and protecting the country’s plant resources to promote sustainable agriculture and trade.
