GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 9499

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 the 1st April, 2022 to the 30th June, 2022, the Commission received a total of two hundred and seventy (270) 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 1 Rejected NIL 2 Undergoing Preliminary Enquiry and therefore carried over to the next quarter The total number of complaints carried over to the period under review (1st April, 2022 to 30th June, 2022) from previous quarters are four thousand and six (4006). During the period under review a total of fifty-one (51) 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 10 2 Withholding funds 28 3 Failure to account 9 4 Failure to inform 4 TOTAL 51 5th August, 2022 THE KENYA GAZETTE 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 one hundred and fourteen (114). (b) Classified Complaints: Total number of complaints finalised were fourteen (14) whose details are as follows: S/No. Action No. of Complaints 1 Abandoned 9 2 Settled 3 3 No misconduct proved 2 TOTAL 14 Pursuant to section 53(4) and in the spirit of section 53 (5) of the Advocates Act, sixteen (16) complaints were settled amicably at the Advocates’ Complaints Commission. 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 one hundred and one (101). During the period under review eight (8) complaints pending at the Disciplinary Committee were disposed of as follows: S/No. Action No. of Complaints 1 Settled (matter resolved) 7 2 Struck off 1 TOTAL 8 In summary: S/No. Description No. of Complaints 1 Complaints brought forward to the period 1st April, 2022 to 30th June, 2022, from previous quarters 2 Complaints received between 1st April, 2022 to 30th June, 2022 Total Complaints for the Period Under Review 4277 3 Files disposed of during the period under review Total Pending Complaints as at 30th June, 2022 4141 Dated the 4th July, 2022. SAMUEL S. OUMA, Commissioner, Advocates Complaints Commission.