GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12854

PURSUANT to section 8 (1) of the Statutory Instruments Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry notifies the general public that a Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed Climate Change (Carbon Registry) Regulations, 2025, to assess the impact of the Regulations on the public. The Draft Regulations are made by the Cabinet Secretary pursuant to the provisions of sections 23G and 36 (1) (2) (bc) of the Climate Change Act to operationalize the salient provisions of the Act. The objectives of the proposed Regulations are to— (a) provide for the operation and effective administration of the National Carbon Registry; (b) provide for transparency of the compliance status of all carbon projects in Kenya; and (c) provide for access to information of carbon projects for enhanced public confidence and market integrity. The Cabinet Secretary requests the public and all persons likely to be affected by the proposed Regulations to submit written memoranda to reach the Cabinet Secretary within twenty-eight (28) days from the date of publication of this notice. The hardcopies of the written memoranda may be submitted to the Office of the Principal Secretary, State Department for Environment and Climate Change, SHA Building, Ragati Road, P.O. Box 30126– 00100, Nairobi. The soft copies of the written memoranda can also be submitted to psoffice@environment.go.ke with a copy to carbonregistry@environment.go.ke The Regulatory Impact Statement and the Draft Regulations are available on the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry website: www.environment.go.ke. Dated the 2nd September, 2025. DEBORAH M. BARASA, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry.