Act and Laws in Kenya

The Commission shall, in such manner as it considers appropriate, publish a notice for public information specifying— (a) the location of all its offices; and (b) its address or addresses, telephone numbers and other means of communication or contact with the Commission.

(1) A person who— (a) procures or attempts to procure the entry of any name on the register by willfully making or producing or causing to be made or produced, either orally or in writing, any declaration, certificate or representation which the person knows to be false or fraudulent;...

Any person convicted of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is provided shall be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Commission under this Act may apply to the Commission for review of that decision.

(1) The commission may make regulations generally for the better carrying out of its functions and the exercise of its powers under the Constitution and the provisions of this Act and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations to provide for— (a) the appointment,...

The Commission shall develop a code of conduct for its members and staff and registered teachers.

The Teachers Service Commission Act, No. 2 of 1967 is repealed.

(1) Notwithstanding section 49, a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act, was a staff of the Teachers Service Commission under the repealed Act, shall continue to hold or act in that office as if appointed to that position under this Act. (2) Every contract entered into before...

This Act may be cited as the Kenya Railways Corporation Act.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “animals” means animate things of every kind except human beings; “authorized employee” means an employee authorized by the Managing Director to exercise the powers or perform the duties in respect of which the expression is used;...

(1) There shall be established a Corporation to be known as Kenya Railways, in this Act referred to as the Corporation. (2) The Corporation shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall have power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to acquire, hold and...

There shall be a board of directors of the Corporation in this Act referred to as the Board, which shall consist of— (a) a Chairman of the Board appointed by the Minister; (b) the Managing Director; (c) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for the time being responsible for railways;...

(1) There shall be a Managing Director of the Corporation who shall be appointed by the Minister after consultation with the Board and whose terms and conditions of service shall be determined by the Minister in the instrument of appointment or otherwise in writing from time to time. (2) The Board...

The First Schedule shall have effect with respect to the constitution or organization of the Board and otherwise in relation thereto.

The Corporation shall pay to the directors such remuneration, fees or allowances for expenses as may be determined by the Minister: Provided that no remuneration, fees or allowances for expenses shall be paid to any director who is a public officer in receipt of a salary.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Board to provide a co-ordinated and integrated system within Kenya of— (a) rail and inland waterways transport services; (b) port facilities in relation to inland waterways transport services; and (c) auxiliary road services in connection therewith. (2) The...

Subject to this Act, the control and executive management of the Corporation shall be vested in the Managing Director.

Subject to the directions of the Board, the Managing Director may— (a) establish and operate rail, road and inland waterways transport services and facilities relating thereto; (b) approve recurrent expenditure within limits determined by the Board; (c) approve any individual capital work of...

In the exercise of its duty under section 8, and subject to any directions of a general nature which may be given to it by the Minister, and to any agreement which may be subsisting entered into pursuant to section 11A, the Board may— (a) approve any minor alteration in tariffs, rates, fares and...

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Board may enter into an agreement with a person appointed in accordance with this section, for the performance of any of its functions or the exercise of any of its powers under this Act by that person. (2) An agreement under subsection (1)...

The Minister may, subject to any agreement entered into pursuant to section 11A,— (a) give directions of a general nature to the Board relating to the operation of the undertaking of the Corporation; (b) in consultation with the Minister responsible for finance, approve any major alteration in...

(1) Without prejudice to section 11A, the Corporation shall have power— (a) to carry goods and passengers by rail, road and inland waterways within Kenya; (b) to provide and use upon the inland waterways within and contiguous to Kenya vessels— (i) for the towage, protection or salvage of life...

(1) Where land is required by the Corporation for the purposes of the Corporation, it may either— (a) if such land is not public land, acquire such land through negotiation and agreement with the registered owner thereof: Provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Land...

(1) Any authorized employee of the Corporation may, for the purposes of the Corporation, enter upon— (a) any land and survey such land or any portion thereof; (b) any land contiguous to any land occupied by the Corporation and— (i) excavate, take away and use any earth, stone, gravel or...

(1) The Corporation, or any authorized employee, may, for the purpose of preventing the occurrence of any accident, preserving the safe operation of any transport services provided by the Corporation or repairing any damage caused by any accident, enter upon any land and— (a) cut down or remove...

(1) Subject to this section the Corporation, or any authorized employee may, for the purposes of the Corporation, enter upon any land and alter the position of any pipe for the supply of gas, oil, water or compressed air or the position of any electric telephone or telegraphic wire or the position...

The Corporation may, for its purposes, take any water from any natural watercourse subject— (a) if there is any law regulating the taking of any such water, to the provisions of that law; (b) if there is no such law, to the approval of the Minister responsible for water development.

Except with the consent of the Minister and subject to the right of the Government to provide and operate transport services, other than the carriage of passengers or goods for hire or reward, for its own purposes— (a) no rail transport services shall be provided; and (b) no railway shall be...

Where, in the exercise of powers under this Act, the Corporation constructs a railway, then, during the construction of the railway or as soon as practicable thereafter, it shall construct and maintain the following accommodation works for the benefit of the owners and occupiers of lands adjoining...

If any time— (a) the owner or occupier of any lands on which a railway is constructed desires any accommodation works in addition to those, if any, constructed by the Corporation under section 20; or (b) any authority proposes to construct a public road or any other works across a railway, then...