GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12786

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 April, 2025 to 30th June, 2025, the Commission received a total of three hundred and seven (307) 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 48 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 January, 2025 to 31st March, 2025) from previous quarters are two thousand eight even hundred and fifty eight (2858). 3. During the period under review a total of two hundred and eighty one (281) 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 49 2 Withholding funds 162 3 overcharging 6 4 Failure to inform client 14 5 Failure to account 27 6 Practicing without a license 3 7 Acting without instructions 7 8 Issuing dishonoured cheque 1 9 Failure to act with integrity 3 10 Conflict of interest 3 11 Acting without instructions 4 S.No. Nature of Complaints No. of Complaints 12 Withholding clients documents 2 Total 281 4. Complaints filed against advocates/firms of advocates were disposed of in the following manner during the period under review: - (a) Preliminary Enquiry (PE) complaints: Total number of complaints closed under the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) initiative were t two hundred and forty four (244) (b) Classified Complaints: Total number of complaints finalised were forty five (50) whose details are as follows: S.No. Action No. of Complaints 1 Settled 42 2 No substance 2 3 Abandoned 1 4 Abated 2 5 Rejected 2 6 Withdrawn 1 Total 50 5. Pursuant to section 53 (4) and in the spirit of section 53 (5) of the Advocates Act, twenty (27) 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 thirty seven million, one hundred and eighty nine thousand nine hundred and fifty two and forty cents (KSh. 37,189,952.4) 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 Thirty seven (37). 8. In summary S/No. Description No. of Complaints 1 Complaints brought forward to the period 1st April, 2025 to 30th June, 2025 from previous quarters 2 Complaints received between 1st April, 2025 to 30th June, 2025 Total Complaints For The Period Under Review 3165 3 Files disposed of during the period under review 294 Total Pending Complaints as at 30th June, 2025 2871 Dated the 2nd July, 2025. MOSES K. CHEBOI, MR/7803043 Chairman, Advocates Complaints Commission.