Directorate of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (DECE) with enforcement of environmental standards as stipulated in the environmental law and to facilitate compliance of the same among the public and other environmental practitioners.

In order to fulfill its obligation the directorate has the following Specific functions:

1.Enforcement and ensure compliance of environmental legislation;

• Enforce environmental standards, norms, guidelines and procedures
• Promote and facilitate enforcement of legislation relevant to environmental management
• Ensure compliance through environmental monitoring
• Assist organizations to implement environmental management systems (EMS), according to ISO 14OOO1
• Issuance of restoration orders/recommend for easement orders, and save prohibition notices
• Facilitate voluntary compliance to environmental law

2.Initiate and evolve procedures and safeguards for prevention of
environmental accidents;

• Facilitate development of environmental contingency plans.
• Facilitate to develop guideline and procedures for addressing environmental disasters
• Evolve remedial measures that address environmental disasters

3.To undertake any other functions assigned by the Minister responsible for environment

• Implement any other environmental protection and conservation strategy assigned to the Council