Chairperson of the NCAJ Standing Committee on the Administration of Justice for Children Justice Teresia Matheka and Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi attended the launch of the Children Court Users Committee at Machakos Law Courts.nnThe Children CUC, whose Chair is Hon M. Otindo (PM), is to champion efficient management of children cases.nn nn ...
Continue readingIn marking the ELC@10, the Mombasa Environment and Land Court CUC led by the Judges sensitized pupils from Oshwal Academy on the importance of planting trees, reforestation and conserving the environment. A tree planting exercise was carried out thereafter with the Scouts.nn nn ...
Continue readingDCJ Mwilu this morning joined Amnesty International Kenya (AIK) for a Legal Freedom Clinic at Aga Khan Walk, Nairobi. The event was also a commemoration of 10 years of AIK. She commended Amnesty Kenya for a decade of mobilizing and campaigning for human rights for Kenyans.nnThe DCJ stated that the Judiciary is a strong and committed partner and highlighted synergies between Amnesty’s work and the Judiciary’s Social Transformation through Access to Justice (STAJ) vision to advance the common good and overcome exclusion through access to justice.nnJustice Mwilu emphasised the need to improve legal literacy & empowerment, fund & strengthen the...
Continue readingThe International Association of Women Judges – Kenya Chapter led by the President Lady Justice Agnes Murgor met justice actors from Kenya and Uganda for a High Level Dialogue on combating labour trafficking in the region.nn nn nn...
Continue readingChief Justice Martha Koome wants the new High Court Principal Judge Eric Ogola and the High Court team to clear the cases that have stayed in the court beyond the Social-Transformation-through-Access-to-Justice benchmark of three years.nnShe said that as of today, the High Court has 82,852 pending cases with a backlog of 52,920 cases and 19,701 of these cases have stayed in the court beyond the STAJ benchmark of three years.nnShe called on the Principal Judge to focus on these 19,701 cases during the first year in office and come up with strategies and interventions that will ensure that these cases...
Continue readingnChief Justice Martha Koome witnessed the swearing-in of Leonard ?Mambo Mbotela as a member of the National Heroes Council following ?his appointment last month.?n nThe CJ said it is imperative that we celebrate and appreciate our heroes and ?heroines since our national story is largely the story of the contribution of our ?heroes to the project of nation building.?n nnn?“We can build a new culture and practice of identifying, celebrating ?and supporting our unsung heroes and heroines when they’re still with ?us,” she said. ?nnnThe CJ noted it is the only modest way through which we can show ?appreciation for their heroic...
Continue readingnChief Justice Martha Koome presided over the swearing-in of the ?Chairperson of the Copyright Tribunal, Ms. Elizabeth Lenjo and ?Members: Ms Helen Kiende, Mr Wilfred Ogot, Ms Caroline Opiyo ?and Mr Joseph Ndungu at the Supreme Court, Nairobi. ?nnnThe CJ said success of the Copyright Tribunal has an impact on ?fostering creativity and a bearing on the success of our arts and ?cultural industry. ?nnnShe added that this is because these ‘post-industrial’ aspects of ?our economy rely upon copyright law to establish property rights ?and protect revenues. ?nnn?“Therefore, you must robustly enforce copyright law for our ?creatives and other authors...
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