CAP. 199 Kenya Defence Forces Kenya Defence Forces [Rev. 2012] 251. Termination of commission (1) Subject to Article 47 of the Constitution— (a) the President may terminate the commission of any officer above the rank of major or corresponding rank or above; (b) the Defence Council may terminate the commission of any officer of the rank of major or corresponding rank or below; or (c) a Service Commander may terminate the commission of any officer during the first eighteen months of the officer's actual commission in the Service. (2) In any case of termination of a commission in this section, the President, the Defence Council or the Service Commander, as the case may be, shall accord and specify reasons for the termination of the commission to the affected officer, in writing. 252. Enlistment A person who is offering to enlist in the Defence Forces shall be given a notice in the prescribed form setting out the questions to be answered on attestation and stating the general conditions of the enlistment, and a recruiting officer shall not recruit any person unless that person satisfies the recruiting officer that the person has been given such a notice, understands it, and wishes to enlist. 253. Term of enlistment (1) The term for which a person who has attained the age of eighteen years may enlist, shall be one of the prescribed periods of colour service (not exceeding twelve years) beginning on the date of attestation. (2) In computing the period of service of a service member, there shall be excluded therefrom— (a) all periods during which the member has been absent from duty by reason of— (i) imprisonment; or (ii) desertion; or (iii) absence without leave exceeding seven days; and (b) any period ordered by a court-martial to be forfeited. (3) Within two years before completing the period of colour service of a service member who is of good character, the member, with the approval of the competent service authority, may re-engage for such further period of colour service as may be prescribed, subject to subsection (5). (4) Except as provided by subsection (6), the further period of colour service, together with the previous period of colour service, shall not exceed a total continuous period of twenty-one years colour service from the date, of the original attestation or the date upon which the person attained the age of eighteen years, whichever is the later. [Issue 1] K7-112