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ADR validation workshop

A stakeholders workshop to validate a baseline survey on the current Alternative Dispute Resolution legislative framework was held on June 22.nThe ADR Taskforce headed by Justice Fred Ochieng is in the process of formulating the National Policy on ADR.nStakeholders during the validation meeting included the Judiciary, Law Society of Kenya, National Centre of International Arbitration, International Development Law Organisation and members drawn from Government agencies and the civil society.n ...

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Courts in Kakamega and Vihiga Counties join other participants to exhibit at the Kakamega ASK show

Courts in Kakamega and Vihiga Counties join other participants to exhibit at this year's Kakamega ASK show held at the Moi ASK Grounds. The Judiciary takes part in the ASK exhibitions to showcase services and provide a public outreach opportunities where judicial officers and staff interact with the members of public to receive feedback on court services.nn nnnn nnnn nnnn nn nn ...

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licensing of Court Process Servers begins

The Judiciary is in the process of licensing qualified Court Process Servers.  The five day process started on Monday 11, 2018, with about 500 applicants expected to be interviewed.nnThe Process Servers Committee Chairperson, Justice Anne Ong'ínjo who is spearheading the exercise has guaranteed that the interviews will be managed efficiently and with utmost transparency.nnSuccessful Process Servers will be licensed to serve both in the Judiciary, Government agencies and private law firms.nnA court process server is tasked with finding parties involved in a case and serving them with court orders.nn ...

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Family Division launch simplified guidelines

The Family Division of the High Court of Kenya, has come up with simplified processes and procedures of inheritance and related family law practice.nnThe easily adaptable and systematic guideline will serve as a guiding tool for members of the bar-bench and court users in matters regarding succession and inheritance.nnPresiding over the launch of the booklet, the Principle Judge of the High court Justice Lydia Achode noted that the simplified procedures will assist ordinary court users in accessing justice in the Family DivisionnnThe entire process is clearly laid down from filing to the final distribution of the estate including laid out...

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CJ keynote address to the Editors Guild

Chief Justice David Maraga delivering keynote address at the Editors' Guild luncheon on June 12, on the theme: The Media, Constitutionalism and Democracy: What options for Kenya? The CJ assured the editors that Judiciary has adopted zero tolerance to corruption, both internally and externally whenever corruption matters are brought before courts.nnnn nnnnn[Download CJ speech]nnnn...

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Somali Judges visit JTI

Somali judges, prosecutors, court officials and defense lawyers visited the Judiciary Training Institute to benchmark on training at the facility. The team was in the country to conduct a Mock Trial aimed at growing the capacity of Somali criminal justice practitioners to conduct efficient trials in respect of international standards trials. The team toured JTI to learn about how the institution was established and how conducts its trainings. The visit was supported by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).   Somali Judges and other guests are joined by JTI’s Deputy Director Dr. Freda Githiru and Hon. Becky Cheloti when the team visited the...

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JTI excels in the 2016/17 performance evaluation

The Judiciary Training Institute has continued to deliver its services in line with its mandate. The institution is responsible for meeting the training, research and capacity development needs of Judiciary employees through various training programs, seminars, public lectures, research, and other forms of discourses. During the 2016/17 Performance Management and Measurement Understandings Evaluation (PMMU), JTI achieved an overall performance grade of very good. It scored 100 per cent on core mandate, financial and innovation and learning perspectives. The training institution was among Semi-Autonomous Judiciary Agencies that signed for the 2016/17 PMMU. Other agencies evaluated during the year were: National Council for Law Reporting...

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