An Act of parliament was on Friday signed into law by President Kenyatta meant to enhance climate change resilience and low carbon development in Kenya.

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The purpose of the act is to develop, manage, implement and regulate mechanisms to enhance climate change resilience and low carbon development in Kenya.

National Assembly speaker, Justin Muturi presented the bill to the president for signing when he was accompanied by Deputy Speaker, Joyce Laboso, Solicitor General, Njee Muturi and the Deputy Clerk of National Assembly, Michael Rotich.

The act establishes the National Climate Change Council as an overarching high-level national climate change mechanisms to be chaired by the President. It also establishes the Climate Change Directorate which will be the Secretariat to the Council and the lead agency of the government on national climate change plans and actions.

According to Statehouse Nairobi, the act empowers the council to assign duties relating to climate change to both public and private entities. It also establishes the Climate Change Fund as the financing mechanism for priority climate change actions and interventions approved by the council.

The president also signed the 2016 Division of Revenue Bill and the Supplementary Appropriation Bil.

Majority Leader in Parliament Aden Duale, Senate Majority Chief Whip Beatrice Elachi, MPs, Cecily Mbarire and Rachel Shebesh were also present.