ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Leadership and Integrity Act
2. Interpretation
Edition: 2025-08-19 · In force
2. Interpretation
(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"asset" means a thing, tangible or intangible, owned, whether wholly or in part, or controlled by a person, which has an actual or determinable economic value and can be sold, exchanged or otherwise used or applied to meet an obligation or acquire something else in return;"authorised officer" means an authorised officer of a public entity having jurisdiction under the Constitution or any other law to discipline the State officer in relation to whom the expression is used;"bank account" means an account maintained by a bank or any other financial institution for and in the name of, or in the name designated by, a customer of the bank or other financial institution and into which money is paid or withdrawn by or for the benefit of that customer or held in trust for that customer and in which the transactions between the customer and the bank or other financial institution are recorded;"business associate" means a person who does business with or on behalf of a State officer and has express or implied authority from that State officer;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to leadership and integrity and includes the Attorney-General;"Code" means the General Leadership and Integrity Code prescribed under Part II and includes a specific Code of Leadership and Integrity prescribed under Part III of this Act;"Commission" means the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission established under the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act (Cap. 7H);"dependant" means a person whose means of support is partially or wholly derived from a State officer;"public entity" means—(a)the Government, including the national or county government, or any department, State organ, agency, service or undertaking of the national or county government;(b)the National Assembly or the Parliamentary Service Commission;(c)any corporation, council, board, committee or other body which has power to act under and for the purposes of any written law relating to the undertakings of a public utility or otherwise to administer funds belonging to or granted by the Government or money raised by rates, taxes or charges in pursuance of any such law; or(d)a corporation, the whole or a controlling majority of the shares of which are owned by a person or entity that is a public body by virtue of any of the preceding paragraphs of this definition; and(e)statutory public bodies;"public officer" has the meaning assigned to it under Article 260 of the Constitution;"spouse" means a wife or husband;"State officer" has the meaning assigned to it under Article 260 of the Constitution.Case law referring to this provision