Chief justice Irene Mambilima has called for investment in infrastructure for the judiciary.
The Chief Justice says the lack of adequate infrastructure, especially at subordinate and local courts level, has the potential to delay justice.
ZANIS reports that Justice Mambilimna, was speaking in Katete during her familiarisation tour of the judiciary system in the Eastern Province.
The Chief Justice has observed that there was a serious need for investment in the court infrastructure in all the places she had visited.
She cited an area where they used to be a local court but it was no longer there and people were having court sessions under a tree.
“The lack of infrastructure is contributing to the backlog, its contributing to long queues, so it’s important that we work on these projects,” she said.
The Chief Justice mentioned that it was her institution’s prayer and hope that while the country was going through massive infrastructure development, the judiciary could also be considered and benefit.
Meanwhile, the Chief Justice, has called for a more concerted multisectoral approach towards the crusade against both early marriages and teenage pregnancies.
This is against the background of the high number of pregnancies recorded among school going girls during the closure of schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a situation she described as sad.
“Of course we have heard that during the Covid-19 a number of girls have fallen out of school due to pregnancy and so forth. I think this is a multisectoral problem and we all need to work together because girls need to be inspired on the importance of education,” she said.
Justice Mabilima also underscored the need to inspire the girls so that they could start appreciating that the key to a better future is really to get a good education.
“So, it’s a sad story when you hear that some girls are dropping by the way, so I think as parents we must come in to motivate the girls,” she said.
The Chief Justice is on a tour of the Eastern Province to interact with staff and to check on the status of infrastructure for the judiciary especially the subordinate and local courts.
She has overseen one of the most useless and toothless judiciaries this country has ever seen! Very partisan and biased and in keeping with the antiquated “wako ni wako” philosophy. I see no need to prolong her tenure.
No business case here. Appears to have been a scheduled speaking engagement without anything tangible mwe.
She has said something encouraging for her people in a long time, until today.
I think some of court employees get even slapped by these PF thugs.
Fight for your judicial clan please, and fire Simusamba who has put Kambwili in eternity jail.
We hear your request mother. Mother we shall do what we can as a government because we understand the importance of the rule of law
The best investment for now is a new competent Chief Justice, Irene has to go, probably start farming goats. her tenure has been a mess and a taint to the image of the judiciary.
Very Useless! She couldn’t ask for infrastructure when the Mwankoles were busy feasting on borrowed carcasses, she’s waking up now when the owners of the carcasses want their money back and the Mwankoles don’t know what to do because they are everything including the seeds. Must be a very dull CJ!