| Abstract: | After examining the features distinguishing the legislative and executive ombudsman, the author evaluates the impact and effectiveness of the ombudsman institution in developing African countries, notably Zambia, where the Commission for Investigations, the Zambian version of the ombudsman, was established by virtue of article 117 of the Constitution of Zambia of 1973. Problems which the institution has encountered in its endeavours to fulfil its mission relate to its lack of independence and executive power, reporting arrears, staffing, political instability, inadequate funding and its limited jurisdiction. Note, ref. |
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