The Kenya Information and Communications Act CAP 411A

Section 66 of The Kenya Information and Communications Act CAP 411A: Regulations for postal services

The Minister in consultation with the Commission may make regulations generally with respect to postal services and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, with respect to—
(a) the disposal of undelivered postal articles;
(b) the licensing and use of franking machines for pre-payment of postage and the use of postal franks;
(c) specifying the conditions for the perforation or defacement of postage stamps and the conditions on which postage stamps may be accepted or refused in payment of postage or other charges;
(d) specifying the conditions on which compensation may be paid for the loss of or damage to any postal article;
(e) specifying the conditions for the registration and insurance of postal articles;
(f) specifying the conditions for the issue and payment of money orders at post offices;
(g) specifying the conditions subject to which any postal article in the course of transmission by post may be redelivered to the sender without reference to the consent of the addressee; and (h) specifying the conditions for the acceptance of cash-on-delivery postal articles.

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