The Chairperson of the Commission on Administrative Justice, Hon Florence Kajuju has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) as one of the four representatives of the African Region.
The IOI is a global organization for the cooperation of more than 200 independent Ombudsman institutions from more than 100 countries worldwide.
Elected for a term of four years, Hon Kajuju will serve the Regional African Chapter alongside heads of equivalent ombudsman institutions of Angola, South Africa and Zambia.
The IOI supports its members through training, research and regional subsidies for projects. It is organized in six regional chapters (Africa, Asia, Australasia & Pacific, Europe, the Caribbean & Latin America and North America).
The office of the Ombudsman is mandated to address all forms of maladministration and inefficient public service delivery. The office also oversees the enforcement of the right to fair administrative action, promoting good governance and healthy administrative culture in government offices.
In September this year, Florence Kajuju urged all government agencies to proactively publish and share information that is of public interest to uphold the right of Kenyans to information.
She also called on citizens to demand for information from government officials during interactions — and educate others about it.
“Let the county governments give Kenyans information on procurement, on the utilization of Covid-19 funds or how they use the money disbursed to them by the national treasury. When there is proper information to the public, citizens will have no reason to accuse the leaders of embezzlement on social media,” she added.
The Meru Daily News Desk congratulates you Mheshimiwa for your deserved election to the IOI. Congratulations.
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