INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK RELEVANT TO HUNTING AND INLAND FISHING
INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP
Does the law define the powers and responsibilities of each level of authority, including at central and local levels in relation to wildlide hunting and in-land fishing?
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3(1); The Public Service Commission shall appoint, as public officers, a Director, a Deputy Director, fisheries officers and such other staff, for the Department within the Ministry responsible for fisheries development, as shall be necessary for the administration of this Act.
5(1); The Minister may, in consultation with the Director, by notice in the Gazette, on such terms and conditions as the Minister may specify in the notice, appoint any person to be an honorary fisheries officer.
29(1); The Minister may, by statutory instrument, appoint a committee for a fisheries management area declared under section twenty-six; provided that the fisheries management area is in a game management area, the Ministershall appoint the committee in consultation with the community resource board for that area.(2) A committee appointed under subsection (1) shall comprise- (a) six representative of the local riparian fishing community who shall be elected by the local community; (b) a representative of the local authority in the fisheries management area; (c) a represnetative of the chief; (c) one representative of a non-governmental organization operating in the fisheries management area.
33(1); The Director may, under a fisheries management committee, appoint a zone and village management committee for the purpose of fisheries and aquaculture development in the area.
5. (1) There is established in the Ministry responsible for tourism the Department of National Parks and Wildlife which shall be responsible for the administration of this Act under the general direction of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry.
32. (1) A local community along geographic boundaries contiguous to a chiefdom in a Game Management Area, an open area or a particular chiefdom with common interest in the wildlife and natural resources in that area, may apply to the Minister for registration as a community resources board. (2) The Minister shall register as a board, a local community which, in addition to the pre-requisites described in subsection (1), meets the requirements of subsection (3) and shall, in consultation with that board, develop management plans for the Game Management Area, open area or any part of the Game Management Area or open area which is under its jurisdiction.
Does the law specify criteria (such as Participation, Accountability, Non –Discrimination, Transparency, Human Dignity, Empowerment, Rule of Law) according to which such powers should be exercised?
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Does the law provide for action taken by public authorities to be open to public scrutiny and assessed against measurable criteria?
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Does the law provide for special thematic tribunals dealing with hunting and inland fishing?
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