Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise require—"benefits" means pension and other retirement benefits conferred by this Act;"Deputy President" means a person who holds the office of Deputy-President of Kenya in accordance with the Constitution;"eligible child" means any child of a deceased entitled person who—(a)is under eighteen years of age; or(b)is under twenty-four years of age and is undergoing a course of full time education; or(c)was at the time of the death of the deceased wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased and was at that time and has at all times since been either a person falling within paragraph (a) and (b) or is incapable, and likely to remain permanently incapable, by reason of bodily or mental infirmity, of earning his own living, and is not for the time being maintained out of moneys provided by the Government in a hospital or similar institution;"entitled person" means any of the persons specified in section 3;"retired Chief Justice" means a person who, having held the office of Chief Justice, has ceased to hold the office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution;"retired Deputy Chief Justice" means a person who, having held the office of Deputy Chief Justice, has ceased to hold office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution;"retired Deputy President" means a person who, having held the office of Deputy-President, has ceased to hold office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution;"retired Prime Minister" means a person who, having held the office of Prime Minister, has ceased to hold office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution;"retired Speaker" means a person who, having held the office of the Speaker of the National Assembly or Speaker of the Senate at any time after the 1st January, 1993, has ceased to hold office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution;"retired Vice-President" means a person who, having held the office of Vice-President, has ceased to hold office as such in the manner specified in the Constitution and does not include a person who served as Vice-President before the commencement of this Act;"spouse" means the wife or husband of an entitled person who dies while holding office as such, and includes in the case of an entitled person under whose religion or custom polygamy is lawful, any person to whom the entitled person is lawfully married in accordance with the tenets of that religion or custom;"term" means a Parliamentary term unless otherwise defined by the instrument of appointment.[Act No. 11 of 2017, Sch.]Source: Kenya Law