The preparation of NEAP and CEAP requires guidelines for standardizing the process. EMCA Cap 387 further gives the County Governor the power to appoint and gazette members of the County Environment Committee (CEC) with the chair of the County Environment Committee being the Chief Executive in Charge of Environment and the secretary being the NEMA Director of Environment at the county level. he legal framework gives the County Environment Committee the responsibility to develop the County Environment Action Plan (CEAP) within the first year of enactment of the Act. NEMA is also required by the Act to develop the National Environment Action Plan from the inputs of the County Environment Action Plans within the
first 2 years of the enactment of the Act.

Government of Kenya (2016). Environment Action Plan preparation guidelines.
National Environment Management Authority, Nairobi.