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Article 76

Financial probity of State officers

In plain English

Gifts to a State officer on a public or official occasion belong to the Republic, unless an Act exempts them. State officers may not keep foreign bank accounts except as an Act allows, or accept loans or benefits that compromise their integrity.

The official text

(1) A gift or donation to a State officer on a public or official occasion is a gift or donation to the Republic and shall be delivered to the State unless exempted under an Act of Parliament.

(2) A State officer shall not—

(a) maintain a bank account outside Kenya except in accordance with an Act of Parliament; or

(b) seek or accept a personal loan or benefit in circumstances that compromise the integrity of the State officer.

Summaries and answers are a plain-English guide written by Iam254, not legal advice. The official text is what counts. Official text: Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting), legislation as at 3 September 2010. It has not been amended since.