GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 14668

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 July, 2023 to 30th September, 2023, the Commission received a total of two hundred and sixty nine (269) new complaints and submitted them for enquiry under the Preliminary Enquiry initiative. The current status of the above new complaints is as shown below: Status Rejected 13 Undergoing Preliminary Enquiry and therefore carried over to the next quarter The total number of complaints carried over to the period under review (1st July, 2023 to 30th September, 2023) from previous quarters are three thousand seven hundred and seventy four (3774). During the period under review, a total of fifty five (55) 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 3 Withholding funds 28 Failure to account 18 Failure to inform 5 Issuing dishonoured cheque 1 TOTAL 55 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 seven hundred and thirty one (731). ii. Classified Complaints: Total number of complaints finalised were forty one (41) whose details are as follows: Action No. of Complaints Abandoned 2 Withdrawn 6 Advocate Struck off 1 Advocate Deceased 7 Settled 23 Matter Dismissed 2 Total 41 27th October, 2023 THE KENYA GAZETTE Pursuant to section 53 (4) and in the spirit of section 53 (5) of the Advocates Act, thirty two (32) 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 ninety (99). In summary: S/No. Description No. of Complaints 1 Complaints brought forward to the period 1st July, 2023 to 30th September, 2023 from previous quarters 2 Complaints received between 1st July, 2023 to 30th September, 2023 TOTAL COMPLAINTS FOR THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW 404 3 3 Files disposed of during the period under review TOTAL PENDING COMPLAINTS AS AT 30th SEPTEMBER 2023 Dated the 16th October, 2023. MOSES K. CHEBOI, Chair,Advocates Complaints Commission.