ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Benefits Organizations Act
45. Director
Edition: 2025-06-20 · In force
45. Director
(1)There shall be a Director of the Authority who shall be appointed by the Authority.(2)The Director shall hold office for a period of five years, on such terms and conditions of employment as the Authority may determine and shall be eligible for re-appointment for a further and final term of five years.(3)A person is not eligible for appointment as the Director unless he or she is a person of integrity and has knowledge or at least ten years' demonstrable experience in matters relating to strategic and program planning, operations or management, including staff management or supervision, or any equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.(4)The Director shall—(a)be the chief executive officer and the secretary to the Board; and(b)subject to the directions of the Board, be responsible for the day to day management of the affairs and staff of the Authority.(5)The Director shall, unless in any particular case the Board otherwise directs in writing, attend all meetings of the Board but shall have no vote on any matter falling to be decided by the Board at any such meeting.(6)The Director may be removed from office by the Board before expiry of the term set out in the instrument of appointment only for inability to exercise the functions of the office, whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause, or for misbehaviour.(7)For the purposes of subsection (6), "misbehaviour" includes, but is not limited to criminal conduct and breach of the standards of professionalism referred to in section 27(l)(j).(8)The Director shall be removed from office by the Board if the question of the Director's removal has been referred to a special committee of the Board appointed for the purpose of considering the matter and—(a)the committee has so recommended; and(b)the Board has approved the committee's recommendation by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all its members.