lar work, others constituted core baseline information localized to promote greater participation in decision
required for almost all environmental analyses. It was making at the lower levels. The NEAP (MEP 1994), in
realised that for optimal functionality, there was need to line with these reforms, proposed the decentralization
strengthen the core dataset producing institutions. An in- of environment information systems to district level to
vestment programme funded by the World Bank through provide an information mechanism for implementing
the Environment Management Capacity Building Project the action plan. Districts and Local Councils were to ef-
(1996–2000) was consequently drawn up. It focussed on fectively become components in a network of local envi-
training, equipment and data capture. ronmental bodies.
Incorporating decentralisation The integration of environment management functions
The proposed structure for the EIN also had to take note within the local authorities allowed NEMA, as the na-
of the governance reforms that were taking place in the tional organisation for environmental policy and regu-
country at the time. Through the Decentralisation Stat- lation, to step back and play a more strategic role in
ute (of 1993) and later the Local Government Act Cap coordinating and monitoring all environmental issues
243 (of 1997), control of environment management was country-wide.
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