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CJ Koome engages with partners on priority programmes for ?Judiciary

CJ Koome engages with partners on priority programmes for ?Judiciary Chief Justice Martha Koome held a consultative meeting with ?Development Partners Group and Heads of Missions to engage on priority ?programmes for the Judiciary.? The meeting discussed, among other items, financial mechanisms to ?support the independence and integrity of the Judiciary, the digitisation ?agenda of the Judiciary, infrastructural expansion and avenues to ?facilitate access to justice.? The Chief Justice said the Judiciary seeks to ensure accessibility to courts ?by having a Magistrates’ Court station in every sub-county and a High ?Court and Court of Equal Status in every county. This is geared towards...

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CJ Koome engages with partners on priority programmes for ?Judiciary

CJ Koome engages with partners on priority programmes for ?Judiciary Chief Justice Martha Koome held a consultative meeting with ?Development Partners Group and Heads of Missions to engage on priority ?programmes for the Judiciary.? The meeting discussed, among other items, financial mechanisms to ?support the independence and integrity of the Judiciary, the digitisation ?agenda of the Judiciary, infrastructural expansion and avenues to ?facilitate access to justice.? The Chief Justice said the Judiciary seeks to ensure accessibility to courts ?by having a Magistrates’ Court station in every sub-county and a High ?Court and Court of Equal Status in every county. This is geared towards...

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Kisumu Employment and Labour Relations Court gets one more Judge

Kisumu Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) has a new Judge. Justice Christine Baari joins Judge Stephen Radido, bringing the total number of ELRC judges at the station to two. While welcoming Justice Baari during a CUC meeting, members commended the station for emerging overall best performing court under the leadership of Judge Radido in 2020/2021 FY. nn nn ...

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Chuka County Court Users committee tours Chuka GK Prison

County Court Users committee chaired by Justice Lucy Gitari of Chuka High Court when they visited Chuka GK Prison at Kathwana.  The team comprised of the County Commissioner Ms Beverly Opwora, County Security heads and County Secretary, among others.  nn nn nn nn ...

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Committee sensitises civil society in the Coastal Region on Alternative Justice System Policy

Committee trains civil society in the Coastal Region on Alternative Justice System (AJS) Policy FRIDAY, September 17, 2021nnThe National Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Alternative Justice System Policy (NaSCI-AJS) and Amkeni Wakenya this week held a three-day workshop in Malindi to train Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the Alternative Justice System (AJS) Policy.nnThe workshop provides the participants with an opportunity for learning and sharing experiences, lessons learned. The participants came up with action points on the implementation of the policy at the community level in a bid to enhance access to justice especially for the indigent.nn nnJudge Joel Ngugi who...

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CJ Koome admits lawyers to Roll of Advocates

Chief Justice Martha Koome presided over the admission of 96 lawyers to the Roll of Advocates at a ceremony attended by the Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, Deputy Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Paul Maina, Jacinta Nyamosi from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), Lawrence Muiruri from the Attorney General’s office and Mercy Wambua of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).nnShe told the advocates to be part of the solution to the problem of case backlog and delayed delivery of justice by ensuring they abandon the age-old practices of unnecessary adjournments that delay the hearing of cases.nnThe...

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