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LAWS OF KENYA
PUBLIC OFFICER ETHICS ACT
THE PUBLIC OFFICER ETHICS REGULATIONS
LEGAL NOTICE 120 OF 2003
- Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. CV—No. 80 on 8 August 2003
- Commenced on 2 May 2003
- [Amended by Public Officer Ethics (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 (Legal Notice 64 of 2010) on 14 May 2010]
- [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
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Preliminary
1. Citation and commencement
2. Definitions
In these Regulations—“state corporation” means a state corporation within the meaning of the State Corporations Act (Cap. 446).Additional Public Officers Covered by Act
3. Extension of Act to all state corporations
State corporations are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (g) of the definition of “public officer” in section 2 of the Act.Responsible Commissions
4. Members of Teachers Service Commission
The committee of the National Assembly responsible for the ethics of members is the responsible Commission for the members of the Teachers Service Commission.5. Staff of Teachers Service Commission
The Teachers Service Commission is the responsible Commission for the officers and employees of the Teachers Service Commission.6. Responsible Commission for public university employees, etc.
The Commission for University Education, established under the Universities Act (Cap. 210), is prescribed as the responsible Commission for officers and employees of a public university, including the members of a council of a public university other than members who are members of the public service for whom the Public Service Commission is the responsible Commission.7. Commission for co-operative society officers, etc.
8. Commission for government controlled bank employees, etc.
9. Commission for others not specified
The Public Service Commission is prescribed as the responsible Commission for officers, employees and members for whom no other responsible Commission is specified under subsections (2) to (9) of section 3 of the Act or regulations 4 to 8.Regulations Relating to the Code of Conduct and Ethics
10. Maximum value of gifts under section 11(3) of the Act
The maximum value prescribed, for the purposes of section 11(3) of the Act, that a nonmonetary gift to a public officer may have without being deemed to be gift to the public officer’s organisation is 20,000 shillings.11. Conflict of interest under section 12 of the Act
The personal interests of a public officer do not conflict with his official duties with respect to a matter, for the purposes of section 12 of the Act, if the following are satisfied—(a)the personal interests of the public officer are not specific to the public officer but arise from the public officer being a member of a class of persons who all have personal interests in the matter;(b)it would be impractical for the public officer and all other public officers who have personal interests in the matter to refrain from participating in deliberations with respect to the matter; and(c)either the personal interests of the public officer are obvious or the public officer declares his personal interests to his superior or other appropriate body or person.Regulations Relating to the Enforcement of the Code
12. Confirmation that complaint received
A responsible Commission that receives a written complaint that the Code of Conduct and Ethics has been contravened shall, within thirty days, give the complainant a written confirmation that the complaint has been received.13. Publication of actions relating to discipline
The prescribed manner of making an action of a Commission public under section 37(1) of the Act is publication in the Gazette.History of this document
31 December 2022 this version
Revised by
24th Annual Supplement
14 May 2010
08 August 2003
Commenced
02 May 2003
Commenced