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Browse Acts ↓The Environment and Land Court established by the Environment and Land Court Act, 2011 No. 19 of 2011 has jurisdiction to hear and determine disputes, actions and proceedings concerning land under this Act.
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may prescribe the rates of fees payable for any matters in respect of which, by this Act, prescribed fees are required to be paid by any person and shall keep such fees under continuous review. (2) Fees prescribed under this section shall be at a per centum rate of the valu…
(1) A person who— (a) knowingly makes a false statement, orally or in writing, in connection with a disposition or other transaction affecting land or any other matter arising under this Act, or (b) knowingly gives a false information or makes a false statement, either orally or in writing, in conne…
(1) A register maintained under any of the repealed Acts shall, on the commencement of this Act, be deemed to be the land register for the corresponding registration unit established under this Act. (2) Upon receiving an adjudication register from the Director of Land Adjudication, the Registrar sha…
(1) On the effective date, the following provisions shall apply in respect of every parcel of land, the title to land which is already registered under the repealed Acts— (a) if the title to a parcel of land is comprised in a grant or certificate of title registered under the repealed Registered Lan…
(1) On the effective date, the repealed Acts shall cease to apply to a parcel of land to which this Act applies. (2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights, liabilities and remedies of the parties under any mortgage, charge, memorandum of equitable mortgage, memorandum of charge by deposit of t…
(1) Unless the contrary is specifically provided for in this Act, any right, interest, title, power, or obligation acquired, accrued, established, coming into force or exercisable before the commencement of this Act shall continue to be governed by the law applicable to it immediately prior to the c…
Until the Cabinet Secretary makes the regulations contemplated under section 110, any rules, or other administrative acts made, given, issued or undertaken before the commencement of this Act under any of the Acts of Parliament repealed by this Act or any other law, shall continue in force and shall…
The written laws set out in the Schedule are repealed.
1) The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Act generally and for the better carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Act and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may prescribe— (a) the form…
This Act may be cited as the Kenya Roads Act, 2007.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Authority” means the Highways Authority, the Rural Roads Authority or the Urban Roads Authority; “city” shall have the meaning assigned to it under the Local Government Act (Cap. 265); “class” in relation to a road means the categorization assigne…
There is established an Authority to be known as the Kenya National Highways Authority, which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and which shall, subject to this Act, be capable in its corporate name of— (a) suing and being sued; (b) taking, purchasing or otherwis…
(1) The Highways Authority shall be responsible for the management, development, rehabilitation and maintenance of national roads. (2) For the purposes of discharging its responsibility under subsection (1), the Highways Authority shall have the following functions and duties— (a) constructing, upgr…
(1) The Highways Authority shall be managed by a Board which shall consist of the following members— (a) a non-executive Chairman who shall be appointed by the President from amongst the members appointed under paragraph (f); (b) the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for roads or his r…
(1) There is hereby established an Authority to be known as the Kenya Rural Roads Authority, which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and which shall, subject to this Act, be capable in its corporate name of— (a) suing and being sued; (b) taking, purchasing or oth…
(1) The Rural Roads Authority shall have responsibility for the management, development, rehabilitation and maintenance of rural roads. (2) For the purpose of discharging the responsibility described in subsection (1) above the Rural Roads Authority shall have the following functions and duties— (a)…
(1) The Rural Roads Authority shall be managed by a Board which shall consist of the following members— (a) a non-executive Chairman who shall be appointed by the President from amongst the members appointed under paragraph (f); (b) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for roads or hi…
(1) There is established an Authority to be known as the Kenya Urban Roads Authority which shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and which shall, subject to this Act, be capable in its corporate name of— (a) suing and being sued; (b) taking, purchasing or otherwise a…
(1) The Urban Roads Authority shall have the responsibility for the management, development, rehabilitation and maintenance of all public roads in the cities and municipalities in Kenya except where those roads are national roads. (2) For the purposes of discharging its responsibility under subsecti…
(1) The Urban Roads Authority shall be managed by a Board which shall consist of the following members— (a) a non-executive Chairman who shall be appointed by the President from amongst the members appointed under paragraph (g); (b) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for roads or hi…
(1) The Chairman and members of each Board, other than the ex officio members and public officers, shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of appointment but shall be eligible for re-appointment for one further term. (2) The appointment of all members of each Board as first const…
(1) Each Authority shall have a Director-General, who shall be appointed by the concerned Board in consultation with the Minister from among three candidates competitively selected by the Board. (2) The Director-General shall be responsible for the day to day operations and administration of the Aut…
A person shall be qualified for appointment as Director-General if such person— (a) is registered with the Engineers Registration Board of Kenya in the category of registered engineer in the field of highway engineering and is a member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya; and (b) has at least f…
(1) Each Authority may appoint such other officers and staff as may be necessary for the proper and efficient performance of its functions. (2) The officers and staff appointed under this section shall hold office on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the concerned Board and specified…
(1) A Board may, by instrument of delegation, delegate to the Chairman, a member of the Board, an officer of the Authority or to a Committee of the Board established under the Third Schedule, any of the powers, duties or functions of the Authority under this Act. (2) The terms and conditions regulat…
Each Board shall pay its members such remuneration, fees or allowances for expenses as it may determine after consultation with the Minister and the Minister responsible for finance.
An Authority may make regulations generally relating to the conditions of service of its officers and servants, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations relating to— (a) the appointment, dismissal, discipline, pay and leave of, and the securit…
Subject to this Act, the Minister may make regulations generally relating to the conditions of service of employees of Authorities and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations relating to— (a) the grant of pensions, gratuities and other retiring allowances to emplo…
(1) Each Authority may establish such administrative regions and regional officers, as may be necessary for the furtherance of its functions. (2) Where an Authority establishes administrative regions and regional offices under subsection (1), it may delegate to such offices such procurement function…