[Rev. 2012] Kenya Defence Forces Kenya Defence Forces CAP. 199 295. Certain officers may take statutory declarations (1) A person subject to this Act may make a statutory declaration under the Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act (Cap. 15) outside Kenya before any officer of the rank of major or corresponding rank or above, in this section referred to as an “authorized officer”. (2) A statutory declaration purporting to have been made before an authorised officer, and containing in the attestation a statement of the date on which and the place at which the declaration was made and of the full name and rank of that officer, shall be admitted in evidence without proof that the signature is the signature of that officer. 296. Residence and next of kin to be recorded (1) Every officer on being commissioned and every service member on being enlisted shall give particulars of the place, district and county in which the person ordinarily resides and the name and address of the next of kin, and those particulars shall be recorded at the headquarters of the person's unit. (2) The record shall be verified periodically, and it shall be the duty of the officer or service member to report any alteration that may occur in the recorded particulars. 297. Execution of wills A will made by a member of the Defence Forces who has the legal capacity to make a will, shall be validly executed if it is in writing and(a) is signed by the member in the presence of an officer, who subscribes the officer's name as witness in the member's presence; or (b) it is executed with the formalities prescribed by any other written law for the execution of a will. 298. Administration of estates and missing persons (1) If a member of the Defence Forces dies leaving a valid will, the paymaster or any officer having charge or control of any pay, accumulation of pay, allowances, gratuity or other money or any other movable property-belonging to the member, shall pay or deliver it to the member's executor. (2) If a member of the Defence Forces dies without leaving a valid will, the paymaster or any officer having charge or control of any pay, accumulation of pay, allowances, gratuity or other money or any movable property belonging to the member, shall pay or deliver it to the personal representative, or failing that, to the Public Trustee together with a copy of the record specified in section 296, and the Public Trustee shall administer and distribute the money or property in accordance with the Public Trustee Act (Cap. 168). (3) Despite the provisions of any other law, if a member of the Defence Forces disappears or is lost at sea, land or air under circumstances that, in the opinion of the Service Commander, raise beyond reasonable doubt a presumption that the member is dead, the Service Commander may issue a K7-127 [Issue 1]