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Directorate of Legal Advisory Services
The Directorate is headed by a Director
and is comprised of three Commissioners;
 Director,
Legal Advisory Services
Commissioner,
Legal Advisory Services (Central Government & Public Agencies)
Commissioner,
Legal Advisory Services (Local Government)
Commissioner,
Legal Advisory (Contracts and Negotiations)
Mandate of the Directorate:
The role of the Directorate is to provide legal support to
the Attorney General and the Solicitor General in their functions
as the Government top legal advisors.
The
main functions of the Directorate include:
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Providing
legal advisory and consultative services to the Government,
ministries, and public bodies |
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Handling
legal assignments for the Attorney General and the Solicitor
General |
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Providing
legal support to Government organs and Commissions as
requested |
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Undertaking
research into legal issues in order to develop guidelines
for policy formulation and handling legislature |
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Giving
legal interpretation to policies for formulated by other
ministries and Government organs |
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Undertaking
negotiations and drafting of contracts on behalf of Government
and its Agencies |
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Handling
legal assignments and negotiations and contracts for the
Attorney General and Solicitor General |
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Providing
the support negotiation machinery both of local and international
proceedings |
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Conducting
arbitration proceedings |
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Providing
legal support to Government organs and commissions on
matters of contracts and negotiations as requested |
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Giving
legal interpretations to contracts required by stakeholders |
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