Section 14 of Leadership and Integrity Act: Gifts or benefits in kind

A State officer shall not use the office to wrongfully or unlawfully influence the acquisition of property.

(1) A State officer or a public officer shall use the best efforts to avoid being in a situation where personal interests conflict or appear to conflict with the State officer’s or public officer’s...

A State officer or a public officer shall not participate in a tender for the supply of goods or services to a public entity in which he or she is serving or is otherwise similarly associated, but the...

(1) A State officer shall not solicit for contributions from the public for a public purpose unless the President has, by notice in the Gazette, declared a national disaster and allowed a public...

(1) Subject to Article 76(2) of the Constitution or any other written law, a State officer shall not open or continue to operate a bank account outside Kenya without the approval of the...

(1) A State officer shall not be an agent of, or further the interests of a foreign government, organisation or individual in a manner that may be detrimental to the security interests of Kenya,...

(1) A State officer shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that public property in the officer’s custody, possession or control is taken care of and is in good repair and condition. (2) A State...

(1) A State officer shall not directly or indirectly use or allow any person under the officer’s authority to use any information obtained through or in connection with the office, which is not...

(1) An appointed State officer, other than a Cabinet Secretary or a member ofa County executive committee shall not, in the performance of their duties— (a) act as an agent for, or further the...

A State officer shall, at all times, carry out the duties of the office with impartiality and objectivity in accordance with Articles 10, 27, 73(2)(b) and 232 of the Constitution and shall not...

A State officer who has a duty to give advice shall give honest, accurate and impartial advice without fear or favour.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a State officer who is serving on a full-time basis shall not participate in any other gainful employment. (2) In this section, “gainful employment” means work that a...

(1) A State officer shall not allow himself or herself to be influenced in the performance of their duties by plans or expectations for or offers of future employment or benefits. (2) A State officer...

A former State officer shall not be engaged by or act for a person or entity in a matter in which the officer was originally engaged in as a State officer, for at least two years after leaving the...

A State officer shall not knowingly give false or misleading information to any person.

A State officer shall not falsify any records or misrepresent information to the public.

(1) Subject to Article 78(3) of the Constitution, a State officer who acquires dual citizenship shall lose his or her position as a State officer. (2) A person who holds dual citizenship shall, upon...

A State officer shall conduct private affairs in a manner that maintains public confidence in the integrity of the office.

(1) A State officer shall pay any taxes due from him or her within the prescribed period. (2) A State officer shall not neglect their financial or legal obligations.

(1) A State officer shall not bully any person. (2) For purposes of subsection (1), “bullying” includes repeated offensive behaviour which is vindictive, cruel, malicious or humiliating and is...

(1) A State officer contravenes the Code if the officer— (a) causes anything to be done through another person that would constitute a contravention of the Code if done by the State officer;...

(1) If a State officer considers that anything required of them is in contravention of the Code or is otherwise improper or unethical, the State officer shall report the matter to the...

(1) Each public entity shall prescribe a specific Leadership and Integrity Codefor the State officers in that public entity. (2) The specific Leadership and Integrity Code prescribed by a public...

Until a public entity has prescribed a specific Leadership and Integrity Code under section 37, the general Code under Part II of this Act shall apply as though it were the specific Leadership and...

(1) A public entity shall submit the specific Leadership and Integrity Code prescribed under section 37 to the Commission for approval. (2) In considering the specific Leadership and Integrity Code...

Upon appointment or election, a State officer shall sign and commit to the specific Leadership and Integrity Code issued by the relevant public entity at the time of taking the oath of office or...

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a breach of the Code amounts to misconduct forwhich the State officer may be subjected to disciplinary proceedings. (2) Where an allegation of breach of the Code has...

(1) A person who alleges that a State officer has committed a breach of the Code, may lodge a complaint with the relevant public entity and the public entity shall register and inquire into the...

(1) If upon investigation under this Part, the public entity is of the opinion that civil or criminal proceedings ought to be preferred against the respective State officer, the public entity shall...

(1) A State officer or public entity may request the Commission to give an advisory opinion on any issue relating to the application of Chapter Six of the Constitution. (2) The Commission shall...

(1) The Commission shall submit an annual report, containing all the information relevant to the enforcement of and compliance with the provisions of this Act, to the President and...

(1) A person shall not— (a) without justification or lawful excuse, obstruct, hinder, assault or threaten a person undertaking his or her duties under this Act; (b) deceive or knowingly mislead the...

Any person who is convicted of an offence under this Act, for which no penalty is expressly provided, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings, or to...

A State officer who does not comply with the provisions of section 20 commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five million shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not...

(1) Where a State officer is proven to have obtained any property in breach of this Act, the State officer shall, subject to any appeal which the officer may make, forfeit the property and the...

Subject to this Act, no civil or criminal liability shall attach to an officer of the Commission or public entity acting on the instructions of the chief executive officer of a public entity, for...

(1) Where a violation of Chapter Six of the Constitution or this Act, which is nota violation as contemplated in Article 251 of the Constitution, is alleged against a member of the Commission, the...

(1) Pursuant to Article 80(c) of the Constitution, the provisions of Chapter Six of the Constitution and Part II of this Act except section 18 shall apply to all public officers as if they were State...

The Cabinet Secretaries responsible for leadership and integrity, constitutional affairs, education and the public service shall collaborate with the Commission and the relevant public entity for the...

(1) The Commission shall make Regulations for the better carrying out of theprovisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Commission maymake Regulations...