No. 2 of 1998
Kenya Information and Communications
[Rev. 2018]
(2) The Director-General shall be an ex officio member of the Board but shall
have no right to vote at any meeting of the Board.
(3) The Director-General shall be recruited and appointed by the Board through
a competitive process.
(4) The Board shall determine the terms and conditions of service of the
Director-General, in consultation with the Public Service Commission.
(6) The Director-General shall be appointed for a term of four years renewable
once.
[Act No. 41A of 2013, s. 9.]
12. Repealed by Act No. 41A of 2013, s. 10.
13. Staff of the Commission
The Board may appoint such officers or servants as are necessary for the proper
discharge of the functions of the Commission under this Act or any other written
law, upon such terms and conditions of service as the Board may determine.
14. The common seal of the Commission
(1) The common seal of the Commission shall be kept in such custody as the
Board may direct and shall not be used except on the order of the Board.
(2) The common seal of the Commission, when affixed to a document and
duly authenticated, shall be judicially and officially noticed and unless and until the
contrary is proved, any necessary order or authorisation by the Board under this
section shall be presumed to have been duly given.
15. Protection from personal liability
Subject to section 16, no matter or thing done by a member of the Board or
by any officer, employee or agent of the Commission shall, if the matter or thing
is done bona fide for executing the functions, powers or duties of the Commission
under this Act, render the member, officer, employee or agent or any person acting
on their directions personally liable to any action, claim or demand whatsoever.
16. Liability for damages
The provisions of section 15 shall not relieve the Commission of the liability to
pay compensation or damages to any person for any injury to him, his property or
any of his interests caused by the exercise of any power conferred by this Act or
any other written law or by the failure, whether wholly or partially, of any works.
17. Funds of the Commission
The funds of the Commission shall consist of—
(a) such moneys or assets as may accrue to or vest in the Commission
in the course of the exercise of its powers or the performance of its
functions under this Act;
(b) such sums as may be payable to the Commission pursuant to this Act
or any other written law, or pursuant to any gift or trust;
(c) such moneys as may be provided by Parliament for the purposes of
the Commission;
(d) all moneys from any other source provided for or donated or lent to
the Commission.
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