notification letter indicated that the Claimant was recruited as a Project Accountant under RISP. One may thus ask whether the Respondent is vested with powers to amend or review a Council’s decision. Articles 9 and 16 of the Treaty do not provide for such a competence. Indeed, Article 9 of the Treaty provides for organs of the Community and the Secretariat is one of them. Article 9(4) states as follows: “The organs and institutions of the Community shall perform the functions, and act within the limits of the powers conferred upon them by or under this Treaty.” As for Article 16 of the Treaty, it provides that: “….the regulations, directives and decisions of the Council taken or given pursuance of the provisions of this Treaty shall be binding on the Partner States, on all organs and institutions of the Community other than the Summit, the Court and Assembly…..” Consequently and from the reading of the said Article, it is our understanding that the Staff Rules and Regulations (2006) as well as Council’s decisions are binding on the Respondent and we do not find why and with which authority the Council’s decision was distorted by the Respondent. Furthermore, the basic rights, duties and obligations of the staff members of the Community are enshrined in Staff Rules and Regulation (2006). CLAIM NO.1 OF 2012 As regards the appointment of EAC Staff, Page 19

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