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OFFICIAL DUTIES AND DISCRECTIONARY POWERS

The government and all its officials now exercise the power of the monarch and its functions must be carried out under the authority of law. The governments official duties include; parliamentary control of the executive; ministerial responsibility and that of parliamentary committees.

DISCRECTIONARY POWER

This power exists when a public official has a choice between possible courses of action in the course of official duty.
Discretionary power is given to public officials for the following reasons:
1 It’s useful to have subjects examined by ...