ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Act
13. Funds for expenses
Edition: 2023-11-03 · In force
13. Funds for expenses
(1)The benefits granted to an entitled person, or his or her surviving spouse, as the case may be, under this Act, shall be administered—(a)in the case of a retired Deputy President, retired Prime Minister or retired Vice-President, by the Office of the President, and shall be provided for in the estimates of the national government referred to in Article 221(1) of the Constitution;(b)in the case of a retired Speaker of the National Assembly or the Senate, by the Parliamentary Service Commission, and shall be provided for in the estimates of the parliamentary service prepared pursuant to Article 127(6)(c) of the Constitution; and(c)in the case of a retired Chief Justice or retired Deputy Chief Justice, by the Judicial Service Commission, and shall be provided for in the estimates of the Judiciary prepared pursuant to Article 173(3) of the Constitution.(1A)For purposes of this section, “benefits” means the benefits granted to an entitled person under the First Schedule, Second Schedule or the Third Schedule to this Act.(1B)For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) shall not apply to the pension, lump sum payment upon retirement, and gratuity provided for in this Act.(1C)The respective entities under subsection (1), shall formulate administrative guidelines for the administration of this section including on matters relating to the computation of benefits due to an entitled person under this section.(1D)The Clerk of the National Assembly in the case of a retired Speaker of the National Assembly and the Clerk of the Senate in the case of a retired Speaker of the Senate, shall prepare and submit the estimates under subsection (1)(b) to the Parliamentary Service Commission.(2)Upon approval of the estimates submitted under subsection (1), all monies, from time to time, required in respect of the benefits conferred on an entitled person or his surviving spouse by this Act shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund without further appropriation than this Act.(3)All other expenses incurred in the administration of the provisions of this Act shall be met out of monies appropriated by the National Assembly for that purpose.