Eldoret set to receive an Appeal’s court upon conferment into a city!
“Soon we should be able to operationalize a court in Turbo and Moiben Sub Counties”
Uasin Gishu Governor(l) and JSC commissioner Jacqueline Ingutiah at the Uasin Gishu County headquarters Friday/Photo Ann kachalan
The Judicial service Commission JSC has hinted at deploying more Judges and Magistrates in Eldoret upon the conferment of Eldoret town into a City.
Addressing members of the press after a courtesy call at the Uasin Gishu County Governor’s office on Friday, JSC commissioner Jacqueline Ingutiah observed that more courts will be built across the Six Sub Counties of Uasin Gishu in order to dispense justice closer to the people,
“Soon we should be able to operationalize a court in Turbo and Moiben Sub Counties, the county Government has promised to secure land in the remaining four sub counties where the courts will be established” Stated Ms Ingutiah.
After the conferment of Eldoret into a city we will consider to send more judges and magistrates as well as a Court of Appeal depending on the flow of cases ,that process is data driven. Added Ingutiah
On his part Former Bomet Governor Isack Ruto and a member of the JSC has implored upon Kenyans to embrace Alternative Justice systems in order to reduce a backlog of cases that could otherwise be directed to the alternative dispute resolution mechanism
“we want to encourage the public to understand the judicial system and should not treat judicial officers with a lot of suspicion , we want to embrace community elders in arbitrating some of the cases as it were in the old days”Said Ruto.
The JSC has vowed to seek legal interpretation of the mandates of the Salaries and remuneration commission SRC under article 230 over an impulse with the JSC as regards to the benefits and remuneration of judicial staff as outlined under article 172.
“it’s the extent of that mandate that we are having a friction over, however we trust that agencies tasked with interpreting the law will provide guidance” Affirmed Ingutiah
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