Hand over and launch of the status report of the Bail and Bond Implementation Committee and other legal, policy and operation instruments for use by the justice sector.nn[gallery size="medium" link="file" masterslider="true" ids="17942,17941,17940,17939,17935,17936,17938,17937,17934,17933,17932,17923,17919,17920,17921,17922,17930"]nn nn nn ...
Continue readingThe Judiciary has a financial resource gap of Ksh 23.6 billion which translates into 63% of the total resource requirement for the Financial Year 2020/21.nnSpeaking during a public hearing for the presentation of the budget proposals for the FY 2020/21 and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi said the institution’s recurrent vote is in deficit of 57% while the Development vote is facing a 93% shortfall in its Government of Kenya (GOK) funding.nnThe Chief Registrar expressed concern that the World Bank project-Judiciary Performance Improvement Project...
Continue readingThe Judiciary has for the first time held public hearings regarding the Judiciary’s budgeting process. In the past, the Judiciary’s resource allocation process was done through a bidding process under the Governance Law and Order Sector (GJLOS). nn[gallery masterslider="true" autoplay="true" ids="17872,17871,17873,17876,17880,17879,17878,17877"]nn nn nn ...
Continue readingFebruary 7, 2020. PRESS RELEASEnn Correction of a news alert circulating in the media titlednn“SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO STOP VETTING OF NAIROBI DEPUTY GOVERNOR”nnOn January 6, 2020, the Judiciary issued a correction of a story in the media purporting that the Nairobi County Government is awaiting an advisory from the Supreme Court regarding the legality of appointing a Deputy Governor.nnWe clarified that the Speaker of the Nairobi County Assembly, on January 6, 2019, filed a reference at the Supreme Court seeking to know whether the Governor’s move to nominate a Deputy Governor was in accordance with the law given that the Governor...
Continue readingThe Judicial Performance Improvement Project (JPIP) has embarked on a documentation mission to establish facility needs in various court stations, countrywide. nnA team from the project visited Bomet, Kisumu, Webuye, Kitale, Eldoret, Kabarnet and Meru Law Courts to find out the extent to which the refurbished containers will assist in creating efficiency and easing the access to justice.nnThe project, funded by the World Bank, has procured 15 metal containers that are to be distributed to various Courts across the country to be converted into Courtrooms, Chambers, holding cells, registries, archives, and offices.nnOnce distributed and refurbished, the containers are expected to ease...
Continue readingJudicial officers and staff led by the Chief Justice David Maraga joined family, friends and other mourners to lay to rest retired Judge of Appeal Daniel Aganyanya. The late Rtd Judge, beloved husband to Justice Roselyn Nambuye, was interred at his rural home in Kisasi village in Vihiga County. The late Judge who retired from Judiciary in 2012 was eulogised as being humble and full of integrity.nn nn ...
Continue readingThe new Court Customer Service Centre Site at the Milimani Law Courts was handed over today.nThe handover formality was officiated by the Civil Division Presiding Judge, Msagha Mbogholi. Others present were the Registrar of the High Court, Judy Omange and Director of Building Services, Architect John Okello among othersnThe Court Customer Service Centre will house crucial services as follows; Refund of Cash Bail and Court Deposits; Information on all Succession cases referred to the Principal Registry; Assessment of Court Fees and handling of complaints. nnIt is expected that the court users will benefit from an enhanced customer experience. n n n n n ...
Continue readingChief Justice David Maraga presented the State of the Judiciary and Administration of Justice Report for the Financial Year 2018/2019 at the Supreme Court. The ceremony was graced by HE President Uhuru Kenyatta, stakeholders in the justice system, judges, magistrates and Judiciary staff.nn nn ...
Continue readingChief Justice David Maraga on Thursday January 23, 2020 officially released the State of the Judiciary and Administration of Justice Report (SOJAR) 2018-2019 in a ceremony that was attended by His Excellency, President Uhuru Kenyatta, at the Supreme Court. nnThe report takes stock of the Judiciary’s milestones in the year 2018/19 and discusses the challenges in delivering on the institution’s constitutional and statutory mandate in the light of the new phase of Judiciary transformation under the blueprint: Sustaining the Judiciary Transformation (SJT): A Service Delivery Agenda. Further, it reports on the performance of other justice sector actors that comprise the National Council on the Administration of Justice...
Continue readingJanuary 16, 2020 PRESS RELEASE Correction of a story in The Standard, January 16, 2020 page 8 titled ELACHI: SONKO’S CHOICE FOR DEPUTY TO KNOW HER FATE BY END OF JANUARY The Judiciary’s attention has been drawn to the story above that suggests that the Nairobi County Government is awaiting an advisory from the Supreme Court regarding the legality of appointing a Deputy Governor. A section of the story reads that “the (County) assembly is expecting the advisory from the Supreme Court by the end of the week” The Speaker of the Nairobi County Assembly, on January 6, 2019, filed a reference at the Supreme Court...
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