GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 965

Pursuant to Section 53 (9) of the Advocates Act and Rule 12 (1) of the Advocates (Complaints Commission) Rules, 1991 it is notified for general information that from 1st October, 2025 to 31st December, 2025, the Commission received a total of three hundred and forty one (341) new complaints and submitted them for enquiry under the Preliminary Enquiry initiative. The current status of the above new complaints is as shown below: S/No. Status No. of Complaints 1. Rejected 53 2. Undergoing Preliminary Enquiry and therefore carried over to the next quarter 2. The total number of complaints carried over to the period under review (that is 1st October, 2025 to 31st December, 2025) from previous quarters are two thousand seven hundred and ninety-two (2792). 3. During the period under review a total of one hundred and thirty-four (134) complaints were classified and files opened. The nature of new complaints classified is as shown below: - S/No. Nature of Complaints No. of Complaints 1. Failure to render professional services 33 2. Withholding funds 78 3. Overcharging 2 4. Failure to inform client 2 5. Failure to account 17 6. Acting without instructions 1 7. Withholding clients documents 1 Total 134 4. Complaints filed against advocates/firms of advocates were disposed of in the following manner during the period under review: - (i) Preliminary Enquiry (PE) complaints: (a) Total number of complaints closed under the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) initiative were one hundred and six (106) (ii) Classified Complaints: Total number of complaints finalised were seventy-nine (79) whose details are as follows: S/No. Action No. of Complaints 1. Settled 44 S/No. Action No. of Complaints 2. Abated 4 3. Rejected 21 4. Withdrawn 6 5. Abandoned 2 6. Dismissed 1 7. Advocate struck off 1 Total 79 5. Pursuant to section 53 (4) and in the spirit of section 53(5) of the Advocates Act, eighteen (18) complaints were settled amicably at the Advocates Complaints Commission. 6. The Commission in the process of settling complaints during the period under review facilitated recovery and payment of Kenya shillings twenty-nine million, four hundred and fifty-seven thousand, one hundred and eighty-six (Kes. 29,457,186.00) to complainants. 7. The matters referred to the Disciplinary Committee during the same period for further action and in accordance with Section 60(1) of the Advocates Act were Sixty-five (65). 8. In summary S/No. Description No. of Complaints 1. Complaints brought forward to the period 1st October, 2025 to 31st December, 2025 from previous quarters 2. Complaints received between 1st October, 2025 to 31st December, 341 Total Complaints for the Period Under Review 3 Files disposed of during the period under review Total Pending Complaints as at 31st December, 2025 Dated the 2nd January, 2026 MOSES K. CHEBOI, Chairman, Advocates Complaints Commission.