Section 8 of The Kenya Information and Communications Act CAP 411A: Conduct of business and affairs of the Board

The Board may, by resolution either generally or in any particular case, delegate to any committee of the Board or to any member, officer, employee or agent of the Commission the exercise of any of...

The Board, in consultation with the Minister, shall pay to members of the Board such remuneration, fees or allowances for expenses as it may determine.

(1) The Director-General shall be the chief executive of the Commission and shall, subject to the directions of the Commission, be responsible for the day to day management of the Commission. (2) The...

(1) There shall be a Secretary to the Board who shall be appointed on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine and who shall perform such duties as the Board may, from time to time,...

The Board may appoint such officers or servants as are necessary for the proper discharge of the functions of the Commission under this Act or any other written law, upon such terms and conditions of...

(1) The common seal of the Commission shall be kept in such custody as the Board may direct and shall not be used except on the order of the Board. (2) The common seal of the Commission, when affixed...

Subject to section 16, no matter or thing done by a member of the Board or by any officer, employee or agent of the Commission shall, if the matter or thing is done bona fide for executing the...

The provisions of section 15 shall not relieve the Commission of the liability to pay compensation or damages to any person for any injury to him, his property or any of his interests caused by the...

The funds of the Commission shall consist of— (a) such moneys or assets as may accrue to or vest in the Commission in the course of the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions...

The financial year of the Commission shall be the period of twelve months ending on the thirtieth June in each year.

(1) At least three months before the commencement of each financial year, the Board shall cause to be prepared estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the Commission for that year. (2) The annual...

(1) The Board shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of accounts of the income, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the Commission. (2) Within a period of three months after the end...

(1) The Board may invest any of the funds of the Commission which are not immediately required for its purposes in such securities as the Treasury may, from time to time, approve. (2) The Board may...

(1) The Board shall, within three months after the end of each financial year, prepare and submit to the Minister a report of the operations of the Board for the immediately preceding year. (2) The...

(1) The Commission shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure there are provided throughout Kenya, such telecommunication services and in particular, emergency, public payphone and directory...

(1) No person shall— (a) operate a telecommunication system; or (b) provide any telecommunication services, except in accordance with a valid licence granted under this Act. (2) A person who...

(1) The Commission may, upon application in the prescribed manner and subject to such conditions as it may deem necessary, grant licences under this section authorising all persons, whether of a...

(1) Where, on its own motion or consequent upon complaints made by third parties, the Commission - (a) is satisfied that a telecommunication operator is contravening or has contravened any of the...

(1) The Minister in consultation with the Commission may make regulations generally with respect to telecommunication services. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (1), the...

A person who dishonestly facilitates or obtains a service provided by a person authorised under this Act to provide telecommunication services with intent to avoid payment of any charge applicable to...

A person who by means of a licensed telecommunication system— (a) sends a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or (b) sends a message...

A person engaged in the running of a licensed telecommunication system who, otherwise than in the course of his duty, intentionally modifies or interferes with the contents of a message sent by means...

A licensed telecommunication operator who otherwise than in the course of his business— (a) intercepts a message sent through a licensed telecommunication system; or (b) discloses to any person the...

A person who, with intent to— (a) prevent or obstruct the transmission or to delay any message; or (b) intercept or acquaint himself with the contents of any message; or (c) commit mischief,...

Any person who - (a) without permission, enters the equipment room of a telecommunication operator; or (b) enters any enclosure around the telecommunication office in contravention of any rule or...

(1) A person who, while not holding a valid licence under section 25, runs a telecommunication system or provides a telecommunication service, commits an offence. (2) Any person who runs a...

(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall, establish or use any radio communication station or apparatus except in accordance with the terms of a licence granted under section 36. (2) A person...

(1) The Commission may, on application in the prescribed manner, grant a licence authorising any person or persons of a specified class to establish or to use any radio communication station or...

(1) Where an application for the grant or renewal of a radio communication licence is made to the Commission by any person, and the Commission is satisfied that the purpose of the licence is to enable...

(1) The Minister in consultation with the Commission may make regulations generally with respect to radio communication (other than radio communication restricted to the receiving of public...

(1) The Minister in consultation with the Commission may make regulations for the following purposes — (a) for prescribing the requirements to be complied with in the use of any apparatus to which...

(1) The Commission may, by regulations, prescribe technical requirements to be complied with in the case of radio communication apparatus specified in the regulations. (2) The technical requirements...

(1) If the Commission is of the opinion— (a) that any apparatus does not comply with the requirements applicable to it under regulations made for the purpose under subsection (1) of section 40; or...

In any proceedings arising from the provisions of this Part— (a) the occupier of any dwelling house or premises in which there is any radio-communication apparatus shall be deemed to be in possession...

(1) If the Commission is of the opinion that any radio communication apparatus does not comply with the requirements applicable to it under regulations made under section 40, the Commission may serve...

Any person who— (a) by means of radio communication, sends or attempts to send any message which to his knowledge is false or misleading and is to his knowledge likely to prejudice the efficiency of...

Any person who uses any station or apparatus for interfering with any radio communication commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand shillings,...

(1) The provisions relating to radio communication shall apply - (a) to all radio communication stations and radio communication apparatus in or over, or for the time being in or over Kenya or the...

(1) The functions of the Commission in relation to postal services shall be to— (a) ensure that there are provided throughout Kenya good and sufficient postal and other related services, on such...

(1) The Commission shall grant to the public postal licensee the exclusive right to provide private letter boxes or bags and postal services except in relation to - (a) letters weighing more than...

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall operate or provide postal services except in accordance with a valid licence issued in accordance with this Part. (2) A person who...

The Minister shall designate the Postal Corporation of Kenya to be the public postal licensee and may, by notice in the Gazette, assign to it, any of the powers, duties and functions of the Commission...

(1) The Commission may, upon application in the prescribed manner and subject to the conditions specified in section 52 or such other conditions as the Commission may deem necessary, grant a licence...

Every licensee shall be required to observe the following conditions— (a) to provide courier services to any person, who requests for such services where available; (b) to notify the Commission...

The public postal licensee shall have exclusive rights to issue postage stamps and provide private letter boxes subject to such conditions as the Commission may specify.

(1) The person to whom any postal article is tendered for delivery on which postage or any other charge is due shall be liable to pay such postage or other charge unless— (a) he refuses to accept...

(1) Subject to this Act, where any postal article is in the course of transmission by post, no employee of the licensee shall open it or deliver it to any person other than the addressee, or permit it...

(1) On the declaration of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety or tranquillity, the Minister responsible for Internal Security may, by an order in class or description of postal...

(1) No person shall send by post any material or postal article which is likely to injure any person in the course of transmission by post. (2) Except as otherwise provided by regulations made under...

No person shall send by post— (a) any indecent or obscene printing, photograph, lithograph, engraving, book or card or any other indecent or obscene article; (b) any postal article having thereon,...