6s4 No. 33 Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions (c) the protection of traditional knowledge cultural expressions from misuse 2016 and and misappropriation; and (d) the facilitation of access of information and the sharing of information and data relating to traditional knowledge and cultural expressions. PART II-PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE 6. Protection shatl knowledge that (a) is- be extended to traditional il:ffi,:,H:f.',' knowlcdge. generated, preserved and transmitted from one generation to another, within a community, for economic, ritual, narrative, decorative or recreational purposes; (b) individually or collectively generated; (c) distinctively associated with or belongs to a community; and (d) integral to the cultural identity of community that is recognized as holding the knowledge through a form of custodianship, guardianship or collective responsibility, and cultural ownership established formally or informally by customary practices, laws or protocols. or 7. (1) Protection of traditional knowledge shall not subject to any formality. be ["ffi*li:fJi'-, Notwithstanding subsection (1), county governments shall collect information, document and (2) register traditional knowledge within the respective counties for the purposes of recognition. (3) The Registration under subsection (2) shall be undertaken willingly by the owners of traditional knowledge upon obtaining prior informed consent but shall not require the public disclosure the traditional knowledge concerned. of (4) Where a community in Kenya shares traditional knowledge with a community outside Kenya, the national and county government shall register the owners of the traditional knowledge in Kenya and maintain relevant records. treditionrl knowlcdge.