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Trust Deed Kenya
Trust Deed Kenya
I refer to the discussion with your Mr. Joseph Kibuta during which you informed me that your
organization, Panda Flowers Ltd and others, wish to set up a trust. As agreed, I set out below the
requirements, procedures and costs for setting up the said trust.
1. TRUST DEED
The main requirement for the formation of a trust is to have a Trust Deed. The Trust Deed
will be the document governing the operations of the trust and accordingly will contain
information such as:
We suggest the Trust Deed should expressly provide that the trust is a public charitable trust
as only then can it possibly qualify for exemption from income tax.
2. PROCEDURE
a) Once the Trust Deed is prepared, it is to be signed by all the original trustees named
therein.
b) After signature the Trust Deed is taken to the Lands Office for stamping upon
payment of stamp duty.
c) Upon completion of stamping the Trust Deed is then taken to the Registry of
Documents for registration and this completes the process of setting up the trust
3. INCORPORATION OF THE TRUSTEES
Once the above procedure is complete, the trust will be established but it will not be a
body corporate separate from the trustees. Accordingly any actions to be done by the
trust will have to be done by the trustees in their individual names and not in the
name of the trust. The trustees will also be personally liable for the activities of the
trust.
To avoid this, we suggest that the trustees be registered as a body corporate with
perpetual succession. Once this is done, any property acquired by the trust will be
owned in the registered name of the trustees e.g. Naivasha Women’s Health Care
Clinic Registered Trustees as opposed to the trustees’ own names). The trust will also
have powers to do all things in its own behalf rather than through the trustees.
a) The trust must be registered or exempted from registration under the Societies
Act or incorporated under the Companies Act. We would propose that the
trust applies for exemption from registration under the Societies Act. To apply
for exemption, the following information shall be required;-
b) Once the application for exemption is signed by any three (3) office bearers, it
is filed for registration with the Registrar of Societies.
e) Once the Certificate of Exemption (or Registration as the case may be) is
issued this is filed with the Registrar of Documents together with the
Application for Registration of a Certificate of Incorporation, the Trust Deed,
details of the trustees, details of the property held or to be held by the trustees,
the proposed title of the corporate body which must include the words
“trustees” and “registered”, an imprint of the proposed common seal and the
regulations for the custody and use of the common seal.
f) A Certificate of Incorporation is issued under the hand of the Minister for
Lands.
4. COSTS
The costs for the above-mentioned procedure shall be based under the
following headings
With the proposed Trust in mind, and taking cognisance of the task involved, a total
fee note inclusive of disbursements and VAT shall be Ksh. 140,000.00. This shall
cover the whole process from beginning to the end.
We trust that the above is a clear summary of procedures but please do not hesitate to
contact us should you require any other or further clarification.
Please confirm your agreement to the quoted fees to enable us start preparation of the
necessary documents on your behalf including the Trust Deed and the Constitution.
Yours Sincerely,
DECLARATION OF TRUST
Establishing the
WHEREAS
B) The Original Trustees wish to declare certain trusts concerning the sum of Kenya
Shillings………………….already held by them.
In this deed where the context so admits the expressions hereinbefore defined shall
have the meanings thereby assigned to them respectively and in addition:-
1.1 “Assets” means property of any kind whatsoever other than cash;
1.3 “Deed” means any instrument in writing signed by the parties thereto in the
presence of an independent witness and dated or in the case of a body
corporate then executed in accordance with its Articles of Association or other
statute of such corporate body;
1.5 “the Trustees” means the Original Trustees or the trustee or trustees for the
time being of this Trust.
1.6.2 all moneys investments or other property afterwards paid or transferred by any
person or persons to or so as to be under the control of and ( in either case)
accepted by the Trustees as addition to the Trust Fund
1.6.3 all accumulation (if any ) of income held as an accretion to the capital and
1.6.4 the money investments and property from time to time representing such
money, property and additions.
1.7 The Singular includes the plural and the masculine includes the feminine and
vice versa.
1.7 The singular includes the plural and the masculine includes the feminine and vice
versa.
1.8 The headings and sub-headings in this Trust are inserted only for ease of reference to the
provisions of it and shall not affect the construction of such provisions.
1.9 Unless the context so requires, where this Trust refers to any enactment, the reference is a
reference to that enactment as amended from time to time.
2. CHARITABLE TRUSTS
As from the Commencement Date the Trustees shall hold the capital and income of the Trust
Fund upon the following irrevocable charitable trusts:-
2.1 Upon trust for such public charitable purposes directed wholly towards enhancement
of provision of quality healthcare for women.
2.2 The Trustees shall have power to accumulate and capitalize the whole or any part of
the income of the Trust Fund by investing it in any of the investments hereby
authorized and so that any such investment shall be an accretion to the capital of the
Trust Fund and be held upon the same trusts and as one fund therewith for all
purposes.
The Trustees shall hold any real or immovable property comprised in the Trust Fund
upon trust to sell the same with power to postpone such sale for such period as they
shall decide and shall hold all other Assets comprised in the Trust Fund upon trust
either to permit the same to remain as invested or to sell or convert into cash all or
any such Assets and upon truest to invest the same in their names or under their
control in any of the investments hereinafter authorized with power to change any
such investments.
The Trustees may at any time accept such additional cash or Assets as may be given
to them to be held upon the trusts hereof by any person organization or corporation
either by will or by lifetime gift or by the provisions of any other trust or otherwise
(including Assets of an onerous nature which the Trustees consider to be beneficial or
desirable additions to the Trust Fund) and either for the general purposes of the trusts
hereby declared or upon any special trusts declared by the testator or donor and in the
absence of any direction to the contrary any such additional cash or Assets so
accepted by the Trustees shall be held by them upon the trusts hereof:-
4.1 In the case of capital cash or Assets as an accretion to the capital of the Trust Fund;
4.2 In the case of cash being income as part of the income of the Trust Fund.
5.1 Invest
To invest or lay out the Trust Fund in the Purchase of or at interest upon the
security of such stocks, funds, shares, securities or other Assets of whatsoever
nature and wheresoever situate and whether involving liability or not and
whether producing income or not as the Trustees shall in their absolute
discretion think fit to the intent that the Trustees shall have the same full and
unrestricted powers of investing and transposing investments and laying out
money as if they were beneficially entitled thereto;
5.2 purchase etc
5.3 borrow
At any time to borrow money on the security of the Trust Fund with power to
charge any part of the capital or income of the Trust Fund with repayment of
any money so borrowed and to pay or apply money so borrowed in any
manner in which money forming part of the Trust Fund may be paid or
applied;
At any time to invite and with or without such invitation receive contributions
from any person corporation or organization either by way of donation or
annual or other subscription or legacy or otherwise for the benefit of the
charitable purposes declared herein;
To open and maintain in their joint names or in the names of any of them an
account at such bank as they shall from time to time decide and to place any
cash forming part of the Trust Fund to the credit of such account or on deposit
with any building or investment society or other financial institution;
To lend money to such persons and on such terms as may seem expedient; to
guarantee and become surety for the liabilities of, the performance of
contracts and the repayment of money by any persons whether by the Trust in
any way and in particular by any legal or equitable mortage or charge upon
any of the Trust’s property or by the issue of debentures charged upon any of
the Trust’s property or by the issue of debentures charged upon any of the
Trust’s property present and future or by the issue of any security whether
registrable or not;
At any time to make such arrangements or draw up such schemes and bye-
laws and rules as they shall think fit for the administration of the charitable
trusts declared herein and for the management of the Trust Fund and to amend
alter or repeal any of these arrangements schemes bye-laws or rules;
5.10 employ officers
To appoint or employ and fix the remuneration of medical personnel and such
other officers and employees and members of a board of advisors as they shall
from time to time decide and to pay such remuneration from the capital or
income of the Trust Fund;
5.11 incorporate
5.12 delegate
5.13 insure
To insure against any loss or damage any Assets in the Trust Fund for any
amount and to pay the premia out of the capital or income of the Trust Fund;
Instead of acting personally to employ and pay at the expense of the income or
capital of the Trust Fund any agent in any part of the world without being
responsible for the default of such agent if employed in good faith to transact
business or do any act required to be transacted or done in the execution of the
trusts hereof including receiving and paying money and executing documents;
Pay or transfer the whole or any part of the capital, Assets or income of the
Trust Fund to the trustees for the time being of any other trust wheresoever
established or existing under which any one or more of the Beneficiaries are
interested or for charitable purposes if the Trustees shall in their absolute
discretion consider such payment to be for the benefit of such one or more or
the Beneficiaries or that the trust is for educational charitable purposes.
Apply the whole or any part of the capital or income of the Trust Fund in or
towards payment or discharge of any tax duty or fiscal imposition whatsoever
levied or imposed in any part of the world upon the trustees of or otherwise in
respect of any other trust in which the Beneficiaries or any one or more of
them shall be interested.
5.19 Transfer
Form companies in any part of the world and companies may at their
discretion transfer to those companies all or any part of capital or income of
the Trust Fund and the cost of forming such companies shall be on the Trust
Fund.
The trustees shall have power at any time during the Trust Period to add to the
Beneficiaries such one or more persons as the Trustees shall in their absolute
discretion determine. Any such addition shall be made by Deed signed by the
Trustees specifying the name of such additional Beneficiary and the date from
which such person or persons shall be so added.
So far as possible there shall never be less than three Trustees hereof and any
of the trusts and powers vested in or exercisable by the Trustees under this
Trust (other than power to appoint and remove trustees) shall so long as there
are not less than three Trustees be capable of being performed or exercised by
a majority of the Trustees and any action or decision of such majority shall be
as valid as it would have been if done or made by all the Trustees.
8. REMOVAL OF TRUSTEES
The Trustees may at any time and without assigning any reason therefor by
Deed signed by all of them except the person to be removed as a Trustee
remove any person from office as a Trustee hereof and the person so removed
shall upon receipt of a certified copy of such Deed immediately cease to be a
Trustees and become and be incapable of acting as such.
The Trustees shall have power by deed to appoint new or additional Trustees
failing which the statutory power of appointing new and additional Trustees
contained in section 37 of the Trustee Act shall apply to this Trust provided
that a Trustee who has been removed under the provisions of the preceding
clause shall not be regarded as a Trustee for the purposes of appointing new or
additional Trustees.
The Trustees may reimburse themselves out of the capital or income of the
Trust Fund all reasonable costs charges and expenses or incidental to the
administration of the trusts hereof but (subject always to provisions of the
following clause) shall not otherwise be permitted to charge for their services.
In the execution of the trusts powers and discretion herein contained or by law
conferred on the Trustees no Trustee shall be liable for any loss to the Trust
Fund arising in consequence of the failure depreciation or loss of any
investments made in good faith or by reason of any mistake or omission made
in good faith or of any other matter or thing except willful and individual
fraud and wrongdoing or personal conscious bad faith on the part of the
Trustee who is sought to be made liable.
15. CONFIDENTIALITY
Subject to the provisions of the relevant laws and to any order of a court of
competent jurisdiction, the Trustees shall not be obliged to disclose to any
Beneficiary or any other person whatsoever the affairs of the Trust or the
financial position or transaction of the Trust.
16. IRREVOCABILITY
The Trustees shall have the power to pay out the Trust Fund all expenses of
whatever nature incidental to the creation of this Trust.
IN WITNESS whereof the Original Trustees have hereunto set their hands and seals
the day and year first before written.