Public Trustee Act
7. Grant to Public Trustee in certain circumstances
7. Grant to Public Trustee in certain circumstances
Where the particular circumstances of any case appear to the court so to require, the court may, if it thinks fit for reasons recorded in its proceedings, of its own motion or otherwise, after having heard the Public Trustee, grant under the Law of Succession Act (Cap. 160) letters of administration to the Public Trustee notwithstanding that there are persons who, under that Act or any other written law, would in the ordinary course be legally entitled to administer the estate of the deceased person concerned in preference to the Public Trustee.[Act No. 10 of 1976, s. 6.]Source: Kenya Law