Sessional Paper No. 118 of 1956 on the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into alleged corruption or other malpractices in relation to the affairs of the Nairobi City Council

Abstract

The Kenya Government accepts the main conclusions of the Report. It discloses serious defects in the administration of the affairs of the City Council as a result of which, to use the words of the Commissioners, ''failures and irregularities occurred". These must be remedied, and steps must be taken which, as far as reasonably can be foreseen, will prevent the recurrence of this state of affairs in Nairobi or the occurrence of a similar state of affairs in relation to any other local authority established in Kenya. With this in mind the Government has asked the Nairobi City Council to inform them of the measures which they intend to take, or have taken, to rectify the shortcomings…