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Appellate Judges meet in Mombasa

Appellate Judges meet in Mombasa.  WEDNESDAY, April 11, 2018 Court of Appeal judges are meeting in Mombasa to deliberate on the vision of the court with a view to improving service delivery. The three-day retreat themed: ‘Vision of the Court’ will discuss digitization of the Court, judicial ethics, court management and mediation as well as emerging and conflicting jurisprudence in labour related issues. The judges from Nairobi, Malindi, Nyeri and Kisumu will also among other issues focus on management of Electoral Disputes Resolution appeals process and strategies of clearing case backlog in the court. Speaking at the conference, newly elected President of the Court of...

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DCJ Mwilu launches the Justice Needs Survey Report

Mauritis Barendrecth, Research Director, The Hague Institute for Institutionalization of Law (HiiL), presents the Justice Needs Survey Report in Kenya to the Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu during its launch at a Nairobi Hotel. . Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu has lauded the research and launch of the Justice Needs Survey Report in Kenya terming it as insightful, extremely useful and beneficial to the Judiciary leadership and implementing units which will increasingly be able to base their decisions and strategies on authentic data and well-researched reports and studies. Speaking during the launch of the report which was authored by the Hague Institute...

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Legal Empowerment & Aid Delivery (PLEAD) programme launched

Chief Justice David Maraga launched the Legal Empowerment & Aid Delivery(PLEAD) programme, a 5-year partnership between the Government of Kenya, the EU, legal aid civil society actors, the UNODC & the UNDP. It aims at contributing to improving access to justice and legal aid in Kenya. [caption id="attachment_4758" align="alignnone" width="1024"] CJ David Maraga with Bruno Pozzi of EU during the launch of the Euro 34M Programme for Legal Empowerment and Aid Delivery in Kenya-PLEAD[/caption]     ...

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Bail and Bond team in retreat

The bail and bond team retreated to Naivasha to work on its programmes and write report on the implementation of bail and bond in the country even as it develops a comprehensive Bail and Bond Bill that will address both substantive and procedural issues on bail and bond and, other administrative processes.   The team led by Justice Jessie Lesiit noted that despite the constitutional guarantee that arrested and accused persons have a right to bail and bond regardless of the offence committed, the administration of bail and bond continues to pose challenges both at the police and court level. They cited difficulties...

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Chief Magistrate’s Staff Welfare Association unveiled

Chief Magistrate’s Staff Welfare Association unveiled Part of the welfare’s objectives is to assist and support members during bereavement, hospitalization and retirement. The organization also aims to cater for members occupational safety and health training among others Speaking during the meeting, Chief Magistrate, Francis Andayi who is also the patron of the organization said the association can also be used as a mouth piece for members to voice issues such as unfair treatment in the workplace and also issues related to sexual harassment The welfare association is chaired by Resident Magistrate, Christine Njagi, Secretary Nancy Kiratu and Treasurer Stephen Aruro.   [caption id="attachment_5742" align="alignnone" width="300"]...

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Congratulations!!

Hon Lady Justice Roselyne Ekirapa Aburili on her graduation with a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the Kenyatta University on 4thAugust. Justice Aburili who is a judge in the Judicial Review Division is also currently undertaking her masters LLM Degree at the University of Nairobi School of Law. This is in addition to her Bachelors Degree in Law from the University of Nairobi and a Diploma from the Kenya School of Law.        ...

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