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JUDICIARY TO ESTABLISH MORE CHILDREN COURTS

The Judiciary is in the process of establishing more Children’s Courts which are child friendly.nnSpeaking during the launch of a Children’s Court Service Week at Ngong Law Courts, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu said that the Judiciary is committed to establishing more children courts and training all magistrates and judges on dealing with children in conflict with the law.nnThe DCJ said that courts are committed to ensure that the best interest of the child is taken into account when dealing with their matters.nnLady Justice Mwilu asked the justice actors to go beyond the service weeks and ensure children matters are...

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Machakos Law Courts scoop awards at ASK Show

The Machakos Law Courts stand emerged the best in the National Cohesion and Integration Development category at the ongoing Machakos ASK show, and was the runners up in the Information Technology class.  nnThe awards were well received by Judiciary staff, who joined other exhibitors to bring their services closer to people as part of CJ's Blueprint of Sustaining Judiciary Transformation. Members of the public had an opportunity to interact with judicial officers and staff as well as learn more about Judiciary services.nn nn...

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Justice Ouko takes over as President, Court of Appeal

Justice William Ouko has been sworn in as the second President of the Court of Appeal of Kenya. The ceremony was presided over by Chief Justice David Maraga.nJustice William Ouko was elected to serve as President of the Court of Appeal in March 2018, by the judges of the Appeal Court. nJustice Ouko takes over from Justice Kihara Kariuki who had served as President since 2013 and was appointed the Attorney General of Kenya by President Uhuru Kenyatta.nThe Office of the President of the Court of Appeal is established by Article 164 (2) of the Constitution. The President is elected in accordance...

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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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