Ombudsman seeks Supreme Court advisory on summon powers

Commission on Administrative of Justice CEO Mercy Wambua addresses a past press briefing. [File, Standard]

Kenya's ombudsman has moved to the Supreme Court seeking advice on whether the government can summon commissioners and county officials whenever there are complaints of unlawful, oppressive, unfair, or unresponsive official conduct.

The Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ), in its court papers filed by Bond Advocates LLP, says that many complaints against the government, its agencies and officials lie unresolved decades later as they only give 'under consideration or will be implemented' to answer its queries.