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Today, we were honoured to host top officilals of the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) led by its Chairperson Mr. Charles Orinda Dulo.
The Commissioners who were received by the Speaker Hon. Elisha Jack Oraro and Clerk Mr Owen Ojuok held discussion with County Assembly officials on interventions to enhance complaints handling and access to information in the county.
Mr. Dulo was pleased to note that Kisumu County Assembly has made tremendous effort to enhance access to information and redress mechanisms.
“The Assembly is compliant in terms of its quarterly reporting to the Commission, and that is encouraging,” he said.
Clerk of the Assembly observed that the improvements were as a result of the partnership between the Assembly and the Commission, commonly referred to as the Ombudsman.
” We now have a complaints handling Committee and a functional access to information office,” Mr. Ojuok noted.
” It is as a result of these interventions that the Ombudsman feted us in 2023 during the Huduma Ombudman Award,” he added.
Hon. Oraro thanked the Commission for the good gesture and reaffirmed the Assembly’s commitment to fostering public trust through improved accountability structures. He also sought the support of the Commission to protect and strengthen devolution.
The Commission was in the Assembly to pay a courtesy call on the Speaker and to introduce the new Commissioners.
The meeting also aimed to enhance collaboration in developing and implementing effective county-level complaints-handling mechanisms and advancing Access to Information (ATI) laws to bolster transparency and accountability.
Discussions also centered on resolving public complaints linked to climate action projects in the county, supported by the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program, Kenya
The Commission emphasised the critical role of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in efficiently addressing public grievances, a matter the Assembly undertook to embrace.
Mr. Dulo was accompanied by the Commission Secretary Ms Mercy Wambua alongside other top officials of the Commission.
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