ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Children (Foster Care) (Practice and Procedure) Rules
3. Objective and principles of these Rules
Edition: 2024-10-18 · In force
3. Objective and principles of these Rules
(1)The objective of these Rules is to facilitate the just, expeditious, and proportionate determination of applications relating to foster care under the Act.(2)The implementation of these Rules shall be guided by the following principles—(a)ensuring that the best interest of the child principle is upheld;(b)promoting the placement of the child in the child’s own social-cultural environment;(c)ensuring the realization of the objectives and principles set out in section 12 of the Act; and(d)facilitating the achievement of the objectives of foster care placement set out in section 170 of the Act.(3)Nothing in these Rules shall preclude the Court from exercising any power or issuing any orders or directions as may be just and fit having regard to the best interests of the child.