Public Service Commission Act
67. Absence from duty without leave
67. Absence from duty without leave
Where a public officer is absent from duty without leave, reasonable or lawful cause for a period exceeding twenty-four hours and the public officer cannot be traced within a period of ten days from the commencement of such absence, or if traced, no reply to a charge of absence without leave is received from the public officer within ten days after the dispatch of the charge to such public officer, the authority empowered to dismiss the public officer may summarily dismiss the public officer:Provided that if the public officer replies to the charge, the disciplinary process as prescribed under this Part shall apply to the case and if the public officer cannot be traced within a period of ten days from the commencement of such absence, the authorised officer shall stop the payment of salary and other remunerative allowances and report the case of the missing public officer to the officer's next of kin and the Commission for appropriate action, including relevant investigation.Source: Kenya Law