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The Plant Protection Order

Legal Notice 744 of 1961

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The Plant Protection Order
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Legal Notice 744 of 1961
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Plant Protection Act
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31 December 2022
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LAWS OF KENYA

PLANT PROTECTION ACT

THE PLANT PROTECTION ORDER

LEGAL NOTICE 744 OF 1961

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXIII—No. 59 on 26 December 1961
  • Commenced on 26 December 1961
  1. [Amended by Plant Protection (Amendment) Order, 1962 (Legal Notice 145 of 1962) on 13 March 1962]
  2. [Amended by Plant Protection (Amendment) Order, 1963 (Legal Notice 57 of 1963) on 10 May 1963]
  3. [Amended by Plant Protection (Amendment) Order, 1964 (Legal Notice 266 of 1964) on 18 August 1964]
  4. [Amended by Plant Protection (Amendment) Order, 1967 (Legal Notice 16 of 1968) on 12 January 1968]
  5. [Amended by Plant Protection (Amendment) Order, 1969 (Legal Notice 162 of 1969) on 4 July 1969]
  6. [Amended by Plant Protection (Amendment) Order, 1988 (Legal Notice 285 of 1988) on 8 July 1988]
  7. [Amended by Plant Protection (Amendment) Order, 1990 (Legal Notice 130 of 1990) on 30 March 1990]
  8. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1.This Order may be cited as the Plant Protection Order.
2.The abnormal conditions of plants specified in the First Schedule are declared to be diseases for the purposes of the Act.
3.The pests specified in the Second Schedule are declared to be pests for the purposes of the Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE [Para. 2]

DISEASES

1.The disease commonly known as Elgon Dieback.
The disease commonly known as Elgon Dieback.
Colletotrichum coffeanumCoffee Berry disease.
Fusariun stillboidesCoffee Bark Disease.
Hemileia vastatrixCoffee Rust.
Nemateospora coryliCoffee Bean disease.
Prostephanus truncatus hornGreater grain borer.
Pseudomonas solanacearumBaterial wilt of potatoes.
Ustilago scitaminea Sugarcane smut.
Mosaic virus of Sugar Cane. 
Tobacco Vein browning virus (Virus YN). 

SECOND SCHEDULE [Para. 3]

PESTS

INSECT PESTS

Othoptera: 
Locusta migratoria migratoriodes ................Migratory Locust.
Nomadacris septemfasciata ................Red Locust.
Schistocerca gregaria .........................Desert Locust.
Thysanoptera: 
Diarthrothrips coffeae ....................Coffee thrips.
Hemiptera:
Adelges spp. .................................Woolly Aphids.
Antestiopsis spp. ......................Coffee bug.
Asterolecanium. coffeae ..................Star scale.
Bemisia spp. ................................White fly.
Lygus coffeae .............................Capsid bug of coffee.
Pineu ssp. .....................Woolly Aphids.
Planococcus spp. .....................Coffee mealybug.
Cinara cupressi ...............Cypress aphid.
Lepidoptera:
Anagasta Kuhniella Zeller ..............Grain and Flour moth.
Aphomia gularis Zeller ...............Almond moth.
Busseola fusca ................Maize stem borer.
Cadra CauteIla Walker .......Grain and Flour moth.
Chilo zonellus ...............Maize stem borer.
Corcyra cephalonica Stainton ............Grain and Flour moth.
Endrosis spp. ..........White shouldered moth.
Ephestia calidella Guenee ...................Grain and Flour moth.
Ephestia elutella Hubner ............
Epicampoptera andersoni ...........Tailed caterpillar.
Gnorimoschema heliopa ...........Tobacco stem borer.
Leucoptera spp. ............Coffee leaf miner.
Parasa vivida ..................Stinging caterpillar.
Platyedra gossypiella ......Pink Bollworm.
Plodia interpunctella Hubner .......Indian meal moth.
Sesamia calamistis ..........Maize stem borer.
Sitotroga cerealella Olivier .......Augoumois grain moth.
Coleoptera:
Acanthoscelides obtectus Say .........Bean “weevil”.
Ahasverus advena Waltl ...........Fungus beetle.
Alphitobius spp. ..............
Anthores leuconotus ........White borer.
Apata monacha ................Black borer.
Araecerus fasciculatus 
Attagenus spp. .................Carpet beetle.
Bixadus sierricola .............West African borer.
Bruchus spp. ...................Bean weevil.
Callosobruchus spp. .......
Carpophilus spp. .............Flat grain beetle.
Caryedon gonagra Fabricius ..........Groundnut seed beetle.
Cosmopolites sordidus .......Banana weevil.
Cryptolestes spp. ...........Flat grain beetle.
Dermestes spp. ...............Hide beetle.
Dirphya nigricornis ..........Yellow-headed borer.
Lasioderma serricome Fabricius .............Tobacco beetle.
Necrobia rufipes Degeer ..........Copra beetle.
Oryzaephilius spp. ..........Saw toothed grain beetle.
Prostephanus truncatus horn ...............Greater grain borer.
Ptinus spp. ......................Spider beetle.
Rhizopertha dominica Fabricius ............Lesser grain borer.
Scyphophorus acupunctatus ..............Sisal weevil.
Sitophilus granarium Linnaeus ............Granary weevil.
Sitophilus orysae Linnaeus ...........Rice weevil.
Sitophilus Zeamais Motsch ...........Maize weevil.
Stegobium paniceum Linnaeus ..............Drug Store beetle.
Stephanoderes hampei ...........Berry borer.
Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus .........Meal worm.
Tenebrio obscurus Fabricius ..............Meal worm.
Tenebroides mauritanicus Linnaeus ..............Cadelle beetle.
Tribolium castaneum Herbst ............Red flour beetle.
Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val ..............Confused Flour beetle.
Plant Pests
Alectra vogelii 
Cuscuta spp. ...................Dodder.
Datura stramonium 
Lolium temulentum .........Darnel.
Opuntia inermis, and Opuntia stricta ..........Prickly Pear.
Striga hermonthica ............Striga weed.
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