ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Media Council Act
37. Hearing of disputes
Edition: 2025-08-01 · In force
37. Hearing of disputes
(1)Where the mediation fails or the parties or either of them objects to any mediation efforts, the Commission shall set down the complaint for determination and issue a date on which the matter shall be determined by the Complaints Commission after a full hearing.(2)The chairperson of the Complaints Commission may establish hearing panels each consisting of three members of the Commission to deal with, hear and determine the Complaints admitted for hearing.(3)The panels established under subsection (1) shall exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties and functions of the Complaints Commission in relation to any matter before the panel.(4)Members of a panel established under subsection (1) may, if necessary, consult with other members of the Complaints Commission for purposes of ensuring consistency of decisions of the Commission.(5)The Complaints Commission shall, having heard the matter the subject of the complaint, make a report, issue any decision as it deems appropriate and give directions in connection with the complaint, and shall publish its findings if it considers it in the public interest to do so.(6)The Complaints Commission shall communicate its decision to the parties concerned within seven days from the time the decision is made.(7)The Complaints Commission shall conduct its hearings in public unless the Commission upon recorded compelling reasons certifies any particular session as closed.(8)The Complaints Commission may publish or publicize its decision made under this section in any case where it thinks it appropriate to do so.