The National Assembly has approved the Meteorology Bill (Senate Bill No. 45 of 2023) after adopting amendments that will modernize Kenya’s weather services while safeguarding indigenous knowledge and community rights institutional governance.

The Bill, considered in the Committee of the Whole House establishes the Kenya Meteorological Services Authority to replace the current department, with an independent Board anchored in law.

The National Assembly has received a petition seeking the revocation of the gazettement of Mukogodo Forest Reserve as a public forest and its reclassification as a community forest to be managed by local communities in Laikipia County.