Disability is not Inability

:: IS THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IN FORCE?

1. The Persons with Disabilities Act came into force on 16th June, 2004. Sections 22 (covered under paragraph 19), 23 (covered under paragraph 20), 24 (covered under paragraph 21), 35(1), 35(2) (covered under paragraph 28), 39 and 40 of the Act, however, are not yet in force and will come into force when the Minister responsible for matters to do with disabilities publishes a notice in the Gazette bringing the provisions into force.

Parliament, when passing the Act, allowed the Minister responsible for its implementation to bring the Act into force in stages. Except for the provisions indicated above, the Act is in force. The effect is that only those provisions that are in force have got any legal effect. The rest do not and will only do so once the Minister brings them into force.

December 2006

DISABILITYKENYA.