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A Gazetted Officer is:

A member of the service of one of the ranks of gazetted officers specified in the National Police Service Act
A member of one of the restricted professions where gazettement is a legal requirement such as geology, real estate agency, engineering, pharmacy, public health and medicine
A holder of certain government positions such as magistrates, commissioners and government chemists

A gazetted officer's name, address and qualification is entered in a public register which is updated regularly by state agencies through the Kenya Gazette.^[1]

Like civil law notaries, gazetted officers are a class of public officers who are civil servants, employees and agents who are the state's resource persons and who hold a position of trust as the official subject-matter-experts and specialists in state records who have been formally acknowledged through the gazette and are entitled to practice their vocation and provide professional services to the public, issue certificates, make or change entries on official legal documents, superintend technical and administrative departments and institutions, send periodic reports to the government and provide consultancy and advisory services to both the government and the public.

Gazetted officers operate under the authority of the Office of the President (head of state) and are controlled by various state agencies whose management is constituted by one of the president's cabinet secretaries who are roughly synonymous with crown servants. Gazetted officers provide essential professional and managerial services of a public nature such as attestation of documents and tracking and monitoring key indicators such as disease outbreaks, housing trends, crime and security threats. Gazetted officers work in any gazetted or licensed institution and are forbidden from engaging in private practice and charging or collecting fees directly for their own use without a valid license.

Kenyan law courts take judicial notice of work done by gazetted officers and the corresponding entries in their record books. Legal practitioners (advocates) are officers of the court and become gazetted officers when they are appointed as senior counsel.

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^ 180,000 police officers to be trained ahead of August election Standard Digital

[1] 180,000 police officers to be trained ahead of August election Standard Digital

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 A gazetted officer's name, address and qualification is entered in a public register which is updated regularly by state agencies through the [[Kenya Gazette]].<ref>[https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001239156/180-000-police-officers-to-be-trained-ahead-of-august-election 180,000 police officers to be trained ahead of August election] Standard Digital</ref>
-Gazetted Officers are a class of [[Civil service|civil servant]]s, employees and [[Registered agent|agent]]s who are the state's [[Resource person|resource person]]s and who hold a [[Position of trust|position of trust]] as the official [[Subject-matter expert|subject-matter-experts]] and specialists in state records who have been formally [[Acknowledgment (law)|acknowledged]] through the gazette and are entitled to practice their [[Vocation|vocation]] and provide professional services to the public, issue certificates, make or change entries on official legal documents, superintend technical and administrative departments and institutions, send periodic reports to the government and provide consultancy and advisory services to both the government and the public.
+Like [[Civil law notary|civil law notaries]], gazetted officers are a class of public officers who are [[Civil service|civil servant]]s, employees and [[Registered agent|agent]]s who are the state's resource persons and who hold a [[Position of trust|position of trust]] as the official [[Subject-matter expert|subject-matter-experts]] and specialists in state records who have been formally [[Acknowledgment (law)|acknowledged]] through the gazette and are entitled to practice their [[Vocation|vocation]] and provide professional services to the public, issue certificates, make or change entries on official legal documents, superintend technical and administrative departments and institutions, send periodic reports to the government and provide consultancy and advisory services to both the government and the public.
 Gazetted officers operate under the authority of the [[Office of the President of Kenya|Office of the President]] ([[head of state]]) and are controlled by various [[state agency|state agencies]] whose management is constituted by one of the president's [[Cabinet Secretary|cabinet secretaries]] who are roughly synonymous with [[Crown servant|crown servant]]s. Gazetted officers provide essential [[Professional|professional]] and [[manager]]ial services of a [[public service|public nature]] such as [[attestation clause|attestation]] of documents and tracking and monitoring key indicators such as disease outbreaks, housing trends, crime and security threats. Gazetted officers work in any gazetted or licensed institution and are forbidden from engaging in private practice and charging or collecting fees directly for their own use without a valid license.