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04 June
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42 new magistrates inducted

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42 new magistrates inducted Over 40 newly recruited magistrates took their oath of office in December 2017. The ceremony conducted by the Registrar, Magistrate’s Court Peter Mulwa was witnessed by Chief Justice David Maraga, JSC members, Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi among other guests. The CJ cautioned the 42 magistrates recruited by the Judicial Service Commission against engaging in corrupt practices adding that there is perceived and real corruption in the Judiciary. He said the institution has however put in place mechanisms to monitored activities in courts across the country to ensure cases of corruption are dealt with firmly. “Allegations of corruption in...

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04 June
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Continuous judicial education and Kenya School of Government (KSG) trainings

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JTI has facilitated induction programmes for about 1500 new staff of the Judiciary. For existing staff, the institute facilitated 356 Judicial Officers and staff to attend Kenya School of Government trainings. These KSG trainings were partly promotional and aimed at enhancing the skills and competencies of the participants.One of the mandates of JTI is to conduct Continuous Judicial Education (CJE) for Judges and Judicial Officers.  Further, JTI is mandated to prepare and implement training programmes for staff of the Judiciary. During the 2016/17 financial year, various CJE programmes were rolled out for Judges and Judicial Officers focusing on Electoral Dispute...

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04 June
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Budget Reduction to affect JTI Activities

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The National Treasury recently directed budget reduction on the current budget of the Judiciary due to low performance of revenue and emerging priorities. In a Circular dated 25th September 2017, the Treasury cited repeat of the Presidential election, insecurity, drought response measures and the government’s counterpart funds requirement as some of the reasons for this call. This has consequently affected various Judiciary departments’ budgets, with the Judiciary Training Institute (JTI) budget being revised downwards by about 75 per cent. This has affected most of the activities planned for the Institute and the Judiciary at large in this financial year. As a...

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04 June
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COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES TRAINED ON LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR REVENUE AND TAX LAWS

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JTI conducted a training workshop for Court of Appeal Judges from 12th to 15th October, 2017. The main agenda of the training was discussions around revenue and taxation issues that relate to law. Among other issues discussed were the role of Kenya Revenue Authority in the economy, assessments relating to various tax heads (VAT, Income Tax & Excise), a presentation on dispute resolution mechanisms within Tax Law- (objections and appeals),elaborate enforcement of tax recovery, law and challenges and understanding the role of intelligence gathering in tax administration and emerging areas and challenges.   Others were Community Law and emerging issues in Customs administration, participants...

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JTI RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

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As part of JTI mandate to undertake various research programmes and or come up with policies, various research programmes have been actively in progress. Amongst the programmes undertaken by the JTI’s Research and Policy Department are: Training Needs Assessment (TNA): With the transforming Judiciary and the launch of Performance Management System in 2015, JTI jointly with the Directorate of Human Resource and Administration has taken a strategic initiative to delve deeper into ways that enrich competencies, capabilities and potential of Judiciary employees. With the successful assessment of Training Needs of the Judiciary workforce, it is believed that the Judiciary will be...

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04 June
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INDUCTION OF NEW STAFF

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In order to enhance the human resource capacity of the Judiciary, the Judicial Service Commission recruited over 1200 Judiciary staff during the 2016/2017 financial year.The staff includes secretaries, clerical officers, court interpreters, ICT officers and archivists. JTI has been conducting inductions for the new staff in groups of approximately 250 participants. The last group is set to be inducted from 15th to 18th November, 2017. The objectives for the training include helping participants understand the Sustaining Judiciary Transformation (SJT) & culture change, participants to be sensitized on ICT as an enabler of effective service delivery and ICT programme in SJT, understand Judiciary performance...

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04 June
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WORKSHOP FOR JUDGES OF ELRC

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The ELRC held a workshop for its Judges from  October 4 to 7, 2017. The workshop was  themed "Striving towards an efficient Employment and Labour Relations Court with a focus on Sustaining Judiciary Transformation: opportunities, challenges and strategies”. The main objectives were to share the vision of the ELRC and implementation of SJT, describe the challenges and strategies to clear backlog in ELRC, understand the role of SRC in resolution of Economic Labour Disputes, understand the conflicting jurisprudence within the court, understand the performance contract and targets for the Court and indicate the emerging jurisprudence for Labour Court and stakeholders’ view. During the...

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04 June
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SUSTAINING JUDICIARY TRANSFORMATION

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As part of dissemination and sensitization of staff, all trainings and workshops organized by JTI have had a component of SJT. The components include fair access to justice, clearance of case backlog, integrity, fight corruption and re-organization of Judiciary complaints handling mechanisms, restructuring and strengthening the office of the Judiciary Ombudsperson, Judiciary digital strategy and leadership and governance. The workshops highlighted the main focus of SJT that include: Improvement in the speed and quality of service delivery; Increasing efficiency and effectiveness at individual and system levels; Promoting individual accountability for performance; Promoting institutional accountability; Automation, digitization and improvement of work methods; ...

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Performance Management and Measurement Understanding (PMMU) for JTI

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JTI negotiated performance targets and contracts with PMMU during 2016/2017 financial year to cascade the contents of the contract to the staff of the institute. The purpose of this understanding is to enhance accountability for results by focusing on delivery of the mandate of the JTI and forms the basis for continuous improvement for the transformation of the Judiciary. This understanding establishes a framework for clear performance objectives, goals and targets for JTI and its staff whereby its Director submits monthly, quarterly and annual performance reports, based on the performance indicators and targets of every individual and department in the institute...

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