GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 1411

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, 2024 to 31st December, 2024, the Commission received a total of three hundred and nine (309) new complaints and submitted them for enquiry under THE KENYA GAZETTE 7th February, 2025 the Preliminary Enquiry initiative. The current status of the above new complaints is as shown below: Status No. of Complaints Rejected 36 Undergoing Preliminary Enquiry and therefore carried over to the next quarter The total number of complaints carried over to the period under review (that is 1st October, 2024 to 31st December, 2024) from previous quarters are three thousand one hundred and forty one (3141). During the period under review a total of one hundred and seventeen (117) complaints were classified and files opened. The nature of new complaints classified is as shown below: - Nature of Complaints No. of Complaints Failure to render professional services 6 Withholding funds 71 Failure to honour professional undertaking Failure to inform client 8 Failure to account 25 Failure to reply to ACC letters 4 Total 117 Complaints filed against advocates/firms of advocates were disposed of in the following manner during the period under review: - (i) Preliminary Enquiry (PE) complaints: Total number of complaints closed under the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) initiative were six hundred and forty-six (646) (ii) Classified Complaints: Total number of complaints finalised were seventy-seven (27) whose details are as follows: Action No. of Complaints Settled 12 Withdrawn 2 Abandoned 9 No substance 4 Total 27 Pursuant to section 53(4) and in the spirit of section 53 (5) of the Advocates Act, twenty (20) complaints were settled amicably at the Advocates Complaints Commission. The Commission in the process of settling complaints during the period under review facilitated recovery and payment of Kenya shillings nine million, eight hundred and eighty seven thousand eight hundred forty three and eighty cents (Kes. 9,887,843.80) to complainants. 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 fifty-seven (57). In summary Description No. of Complaints Complaints brought forward to the period 1st October, 2024 to 31st December, 2024 from previous quarters Complaints received between 1st October, 2024 to 31st December, 2024 Total Complaints for the Period under Review Files disposed of during the period under review Total Pending Complaints as at 31st December, 2024 Dated the 3rd January, 2025. MOSES K. CHEBOI, Chairman, Advocates Complaints Commission.