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02 August
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2016 – 2017 best performing courts recognised

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Best performing courts and administrative units, 2016 - 2017   Court of Appeal Malindi Court of Appeal Recognition award for overall best performing Court of Appeal.  This Court achieved a performance grade of “Good”. The court reduced case backlog by 62 %. The bench comprised of Hon. Justice Alnashir Visram- Presiding judge and Hon. Lady Justices Martha Koome and Wanjiru Karanja in the period under review. This Court is Malindi Court of Appeal.     High Court Kericho High Court Recognition award for overall best performing High Court in the caseload category of 200 cases and below. The court achieved a performance grade of “Very Good”.  The court...

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Judge Achode elected the new High Court Principal Judge

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TUESDAY, April 24, 2018 Judge Achode elected the new Principal Judge of the High Court Lady Justice Lydia Achode is the new Principal Judge of the High Court of Kenya. Judge Achode was elected by other judges in election exercise conducted by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), in Mombasa. The election of the Principal Judge of the High Court is in accordance with Article 165(2) of the Constitution. Justice Achode is the second Principal Judge elected under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Achode takes over from Justice Richard Mwongo whose term came to an end after serving as Principal Judge for five years. She garnered...

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Appellate Judges meet in Mombasa

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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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02 August
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DCJ Mwilu launches the Justice Needs Survey Report

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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

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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

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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

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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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