Constituencies Development Fund Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—"Board" means the Constituencies Development Fund Board established by section 4;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to the Constituencies Development Fund;"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 5(4);"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board appointed under section 8;"community" means residents of a particular geographical area or region defined as a constituency, location, sub location or village and having common interests;"constituency" has the meaning assigned to it in the Elections Act (Cap. 7);"Constituency Development Fund Committee" means the committee established under section 24;"Constituency Fund Account" means the account maintained for every constituency in accordance with section 46;"County Projects Committee" means the committee established under section 36;"Fund" means the Constituencies Development Fund established under section 4;"National Account" means the Constituencies Development Fund account maintained under section 43;"Officer of the Board" means an officer of the Board appointed under section 41;"Parliamentary Committee" means a Parliamentary Committee established in accordance with section 28;"project" means an eligible development project as described in the Act;"project management committee" means a committee or board of persons elected or nominated to implement a project or manage an institution, including a committee existing prior to the establishment of the Fund and which is assuming the responsibility of implementing a project funded under the Act;"sub-project" means a complete unit or part of a project that can be put to use towards the achievement of the project objectives;"youth" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years but has not attained the age of thirty-five years.Source: Kenya Law