Pest Control Products Bill 2025: What Kenya’s Proposed Pesticide Law Would Change
By Shiled Jerono | Updated October 1, 2026
Kenya’s Pest Control Products Bill, 2025 proposes an updated regulatory framework for pesticides and other pest-control products, including a new authority to oversee registration, importation, manufacture, sale, use and disposal.
Why lawmakers reviewed the proposal
The National Assembly’s Agriculture and Livestock Committee held briefings with regulators and technical agencies in early 2026 amid concerns over food safety, chemical residues, illegal products and enforcement capacity.
What the Bill would regulate
The proposed law covers registration and licensing, labelling, advertising, distribution, import and export, safe use, inspection and disposal of pest-control products. It also provides for a Pest Control Products Authority to replace or reorganise the existing regulatory structure.
Why farmers and consumers should care
For farmers, pesticide rules affect which products are legal, how they should be applied and what records or safety standards may be required. For consumers, enforcement can affect chemical residues in food and the ability of regulators to remove unsafe or counterfeit products from the market.
The Bill was not yet law
Parliamentary records showed the Bill still moving through the legislative process in 2026. Its provisions can therefore change before any final enactment, and current pesticide obligations continue to depend on existing law and regulator guidance.
Why pesticide regulation affects consumers too
Pesticide rules are not only about farmers and chemical suppliers. Residue limits, safe application, storage and disposal can affect food safety, environmental contamination and occupational health for farm workers.
What farmers and dealers would need to watch
The final law could change licensing, labelling, enforcement and compliance obligations. Farmers and agro-dealers should therefore rely on the enacted law and regulator guidance rather than assuming every proposal in the Bill becomes law unchanged.
Clear enforcement rules will also matter because stronger legislation has limited value if banned or unregistered products can still enter the market or be sold without effective inspection.
