This archive report was first published on 30 November 2019.
On November 30, 2019, a storm was brewing at the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) as staff accused some commissioners of abetting irregularities.
A petition to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) spoke of disgruntlement with three commissioners – chairperson Florence Kajuju, Washington Sati, and Lucy Ndung'u – and Commission Secretary Leonard Ngaluma.
Staff complained of alleged flawed employment procedures, claiming workers hired as casuals were given a one-year contract contrary to the Public Service Commission (PSC) guidelines.
According to the protest documents, the commission was 'bleeding and limping due to corruption, misuse of public resources, abuse of office, fraud, and impunity perpetrated by the commissioners and some staff.'
The commissioners were also accused of questionable foreign and local trips, with staff alleging that the trips were private and not official business.
Public programmes were allegedly undermined by the top management's actions, with staff claiming that the private trips were approved at the expense of public programmes.
The EACC Chief Executive Officer, Twalib Mbarak, confirmed receiving the complaint but did not give details.
Chairperson Florence Kajuju denied receiving any complaints from staff, but said that last year, there was an anonymous complaint, which saw the commission organise a team building to iron out the concerns.
