corrective actions include suggesting appropriate amendments to rules,
regulations or statutes under which a complaint was made.
116.
The enforcement mechanism of the Commission’s reports is laid down in
Section 21(i) of the Commission for Investigations Act which, provides:
“The President may on receipt of the report of the Commission or any investigation
conducted by it, or during the continuance of any such investigation, take such
decision in respect of the matter investigated or being investigated into by the
Commission as he thinks fit”.
117.
The Investigator General, who is the Chairperson of the Commission for
Investigations, is also known as the Ombudsman of Zambia.
The
Investigator General is a person who qualifies to hold office of High Court
Judge but does not perform any judicial function.
The Investigator-
General has powers to receive complaints from the members of the public
and investigate these complaints provided that they fall within his
competence. In the process of investigating the Ombudsman has general
access to any public documents relevant to the investigations.
The
Ombudsman may also commence investigations on his own initiative.
118.
The type of cases that the Commission for Investigations deal with,
among
others,
relate
to
appointments,
transfers,
promotions
of
Government staff and awarding of contracts.
Constitutional Review Commission
119.
The State party constituted a Constitutional Review Commission (CRCO) in
August 2003 to interalia (a) collect views on what type of Constitution Zambia should enact,
considering that the Constitution should exalt and effectively
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