The High Court will tomorrow, Thursday, deliver judgment in the high-profile murder case of Rongo university student Sharon Otieno, bringing to a close one of Kenya's longest and most closely watched criminal trials.
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Explaining the endless backlog/inertia in our courts to advocates, clients and judges despite massive increases in the number judges:
1. We have 365 days in a year.
2. The High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme court don't sit on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, totalling 156 days.
3. We are left with 209 working days in a year.
4. Judges take summer vacation of 45 days from 1st August to 15th September.
5. They take 21 days Christmas leave from 22nd December to 15th January.
6. They take 14 days Easter vacation.
7. Judges take 30 days annual leave.
8. Judges spend 30 days a year in workshop, training, seminars and foreign trips, specially the Supreme Court judges.
9. Average of 15 days on personal and family emergencies .
10. The Average judge of the High Court and the Court of Appeal sit in court a mere 54 days a year.
11. Supreme Court judges sit between 25 to 28 days in a year.
12. The Chief Justice sits in court less than 15 days a year.
With judges working just 54 days a year, do you now understand the second biggest challenge facing the courts after JurisPESA?
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@nyorude Did the parents pursue justice?
Was there a form of compensation?
The late Stanley Githunguri(owner of the Likiqn Towers) was a billionaire and wield power and I would be curious to find out if the law them had the teeth to bite even the mighty.
@KenyanSays "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls,it's tolls for thee"~J.Donne
Her turn has come,many are in the queue.
The pain is being redistributed.