ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
National Youth Service Act
59. Protection of members on duty
Edition: 2024-09-03 · In force
59. Protection of members on duty
(1)For purposes of this section, member includes a staff of the Service.(2)Where a member of the Service has been captured or has gone missing in circumstances not constituting an offence under this Act, and the member's commanding officer is satisfied that the member's capture or absence arose from the performance of his or her duties while rendering services in terms of this Act, such member shall be regarded to be still serving in the Service for all purposes until the day on which he or she again reports for duty or on which his or her death is confirmed or on which a competent court issues an order whereby the death of such person is presumed.(3)The pay, salary and allowances accruing to a member during his or her captivity or other absence contemplated in subsection (2) shall be paid to a beneficiary designated by the member concerned.(4)The Director-General shall take the necessary steps to ensure that in respect of every member of the Service there is at all times a record of the particulars of the beneficiary designated by such member for purposes of subsection (3).(5)A member of the Service may at any time designate another person in the place of the person designated for purposes of subsection (3) and shall ensure that any change in designation is notified to the Director-General in writing.(6)Any change in designation becomes valid for purposes of subsection (3) when it is received by or on behalf of the Director-General.(7)The Service shall compensate its members who lose their life or sustain injuries while on duty in line with the Work Injury Benefits Act (Cap. 236).