Description
More than seven months after the Office of the Ombudsman was left vacant, the man who last held the post is speaking out, not to ask for the job back, but to question why it still has not been filled. Retired Major Gilbert Swaso says he has no plans to reapply, but he believes government may be complicating the process by searching for a candidate with specialized human rights expertise. Swaso argues that an Ombudsman should be appointed now, and that human rights training can follow, especially since the legal changes needed to merge a National Human Rights Institution with the Ombudsman’s Office have not yet been made.