ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act
41. Invalidation of a work or residence permit
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
41. Invalidation of a work or residence permit
(1)Where a permit has been issued to a person, and that person—(a)fails, without the written approval of the Director, to engage within ninety days of the date of issue of the permit or of that person’s entry into Kenya, whichever is the earlier, in the employment, occupation, trade, business or profession in respect of which the permit was issued or take up residence;(b)ceases to engage in the said employment, occupation, trade, business or profession;(c)engages in any employment, occupation, trade business or profession, whether or not for remuneration or profit, other than the employment, occupation, trade, business or profession in respect of which the permit was issued;(d)has violated any of the terms of his or her stay under the permit;(e)has violated any of the provisions of this Act or Regulations made under it;(f)has been declared a prohibited immigrant or inadmissible person;(g)has become an undesirable immigrant;(h)acquired the permit by fraud, false representation or concealment of any material fact;(i)has during any war in which Kenya was engaged unlawfully traded or communicated with an enemy or been engaged in or associated with any business that was knowingly carried on in such a manner as to assist an enemy in that war; and(j)the person has after acquiring the permit been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years or longer, the permit shall cease to be valid and the presence of that person in Kenya shall be unlawful, unless otherwise authorized under this Act.(2)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, and subject to the provisions of any other written law, a person to whom a work permit of class M is issued may engage in any occupation, trade, business or profession, and sections 34, 35, and 36 shall not apply to a child of that person.