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Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 30 26th March, 2020
(Legislative Supplement No. 18)
LEGAL NOTICE No. 35
THE VALUE ADDED TAX ACT
(No. 35 of 2013)
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 6 (1) of the
Value Added Tax Act, 2013, the Cabinet Secretary for the National
Treasury and Planning makes the following Order: —
THE VALUE ADDED TAX (AMENDMENT OF THE RATE OF
TAX) ORDER, 2020
1. This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Amendment
of the Rate of Tax) Order, 2020.
2. Section 5(2) of the Value Added Tax Act, 2013 is amended in
paragraph (b) by deleting the words "sixteen per cent" and
substituting therefor the words "fourteen per cent".
3. This Order shall become effective on the 1st April, 2020.
Made on the 25th March, 2020
UKUR YATANI,
Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning.
LEGAL NOTICE No. 36
THE PUBLIC ORDER ACT
(Cap. 56)
THE PUBLIC ORDER (STATE CURFEW) ORDER, 2020
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the
Public Order Act, and in view of the serious threat posed to national
security and public order by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the
Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National
Government makes the following Order—
THE PUBLIC ORDER (STATE CURFEW) ORDER, 2020
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Order (State Curfew) Citation.
Order, 2020.
2. This Order shall apply to the entire territory of the Republic of Application.
Kenya.
3. This Order shall apply during the hours of darkness between Curfew period.
seven o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning with
effect from the 27th March, 2020 and shall remain in effect for a period
of thirty days thereof.
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4. Under this Order, there shall be no public gatherings, Restrictions.
processions or movement either alone or as a group during the period
of the curfew except as shall be permitted, in writing, by a police
officer in charge of the police in a county or a police officer in charge
of a police division.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Order, the Order shall Exemption.
not apply to the services, personnel or workers specified in the
Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE
1. Medical professionals and health workers
2. National security, administration and co-ordination of national government officers
3. Public health and sanitation officers in the County Governments
4. Licensed pharmaceuticals companies, pharmacies and drug stores
5. Licensed broadcasters and media houses
6. Kenya Revenue Authority.
7. Kenya Airports Authority and Licensed Civil Aviation Service Providers.
8. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority.
9. Kenya Airways PLC.
10. Kenya Ports Authority and Licensed Port Operators.
11. Power production and distribution Companies.
12. Kenya Railways Corporation.
13. Kenya Pipeline Company.
14. Water service providers.
15. Food and farm produce processors, distributors, dealers, wholesalers and transporters.
16. Licensed supermarkets, minimarkets and hypermarkets
17. Licensed distributors and retailers of petroleum and oil products and lubricants
18. Licensed telecommunications operators and service providers
19. Licensed banks, financial institutions and payment service providers.
20. Fire brigade and emergency response services.
21. Licensed security firms.
22. Postal and Courier services.
Dated the 25th March, 2020.
FRED MATIANG'I,
Cabinet Secretary for Interior and
Co-ordination of National Government.
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