National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"bank account of the Fund" means the National Government Constituencies Development Fund account maintained in accordance with section 13;"Board" means the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board established under section 14;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to national economic policy and planning and development;"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 15(3);"chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the Board appointed under section 20;"community" means residents of a particular geographical area or region defined as a constituency, ward, location, sub location or village and having common interests;"constituency" means one of the constituencies into which Kenya is divided under Article 89 of the Constitution;"Constituency Committee" means a National Government Constituency Development Fund Committee established under section 43(1);"Constituency account" deleted by Act No. 24 of 2022, s. 2;"constituency operations account" means the accounts maintained for every constituency in accordance with section 12;"Fund" means the National Government Constituencies Development Fund established under section 4(1);"National Assembly Committee" means the National Assembly Select Committee established in accordance with section 50;"Officer of the Board" means an officer of the Board appointed under section 22;"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;"revenue" has the meaning assigned to it under the Commission on Revenue Allocation Act (Cap. 428);"sub-project" means a complete unit or part of a project that can be put to use towards the achievement of the project objectives;"third party monies" means any monies withheld by the constituency in respect of retention monies for construction projects, accumulated gratuity or service pay and any other monies withheld by the constituency in relation to implementation of projects under this Act;"ward" means a ward administered by an assistant county commissioner under the National Government Coordination Act (Cap. 127);"youth" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years but has not attained the age of thirty-five years.[Act No. 24 of 2022, s. 2.]Source: Kenya Law