Ombudsman Office To Bring Administrative Justice Closer

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County has stepped up efforts to improve access to administrative justice after it partnered with the Commission on Administrative Justice to establish a regional office in Nyahururu. The move, the first by any county government in the country, has boosted the county governments profile in promoting transparency and open governance on its administrative operations. The move was realzed after the commission agreed to the request by the county government to set up the regional office in the town, one of the few in the country. The partnership saw the county government allocate office spaces which the commission has been renovating to commence opera-tions. The development will pave way for the people of Laikipia seeking administrative redress to access it closer home. Previously, those seeking the services of the commission had to rely on the services of the institutions Nairobioffices, making the task too expensive and complicated for the common mwananchi. The step is part of the ongoing reforms to the public service initiated by the county government. The objective is to en-sure proper governance, and recogni-tion of the obligation to promote access to information on development programmes, public resources, policies among other areas. This is a deliber-ate move to tell the people of Laikipia that there is a place to report grievances for unfair administrative commissions or omissions, said Administration Ex-ecutive Rose Maitai. This applies for both government officers and the public seeking the services. The office, which is set to be operational in two months time, will boost access administrative justice for the residents of Laikipia and the region at large. Laikipia County Government believes in collab-orations with expert partners and agencies to improve public service delivery, said Rose Maitai. We believe Obudsman is the expert partner to provide administrative justice. The commission is one of the independent insitutions established in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.

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