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JTI Newsletter

The Judiciary > JTI Newsletter (Page 2)
04 June
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INDUCTION OF NEW STAFF

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In order to enhance the human resource capacity of the Judiciary, the Judicial Service Commission recruited over 1200 Judiciary staff during the 2016/2017 financial year.The staff includes secretaries, clerical officers, court interpreters, ICT officers and archivists. JTI has been conducting inductions for the new staff in groups of approximately 250 participants. The last group is set to be inducted from 15th to 18th November, 2017. The objectives for the training include helping participants understand the Sustaining Judiciary Transformation (SJT) & culture change, participants to be sensitized on ICT as an enabler of effective service delivery and ICT programme in SJT, understand Judiciary performance...

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04 June
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WORKSHOP FOR JUDGES OF ELRC

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The ELRC held a workshop for its Judges from  October 4 to 7, 2017. The workshop was  themed "Striving towards an efficient Employment and Labour Relations Court with a focus on Sustaining Judiciary Transformation: opportunities, challenges and strategies”. The main objectives were to share the vision of the ELRC and implementation of SJT, describe the challenges and strategies to clear backlog in ELRC, understand the role of SRC in resolution of Economic Labour Disputes, understand the conflicting jurisprudence within the court, understand the performance contract and targets for the Court and indicate the emerging jurisprudence for Labour Court and stakeholders’ view. During the...

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04 June
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SUSTAINING JUDICIARY TRANSFORMATION

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As part of dissemination and sensitization of staff, all trainings and workshops organized by JTI have had a component of SJT. The components include fair access to justice, clearance of case backlog, integrity, fight corruption and re-organization of Judiciary complaints handling mechanisms, restructuring and strengthening the office of the Judiciary Ombudsperson, Judiciary digital strategy and leadership and governance. The workshops highlighted the main focus of SJT that include: Improvement in the speed and quality of service delivery; Increasing efficiency and effectiveness at individual and system levels; Promoting individual accountability for performance; Promoting institutional accountability; Automation, digitization and improvement of work methods; ...

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04 June
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Performance Management and Measurement Understanding (PMMU) for JTI

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JTI negotiated performance targets and contracts with PMMU during 2016/2017 financial year to cascade the contents of the contract to the staff of the institute. The purpose of this understanding is to enhance accountability for results by focusing on delivery of the mandate of the JTI and forms the basis for continuous improvement for the transformation of the Judiciary. This understanding establishes a framework for clear performance objectives, goals and targets for JTI and its staff whereby its Director submits monthly, quarterly and annual performance reports, based on the performance indicators and targets of every individual and department in the institute...

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04 June
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The Judiciary holds its Annual Sports Day – May 26 and 27, 2017

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Chief Justice David Maraga today presided over the official opening ceremony of the Judiciary Annual Sports Day held at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS), Nairobi. The two-day event that ends on Saturday was graced by World Marathon holder, Eliud Kipchoge. Teams from 15 regions across all court stations are participating in different outdoor and indoor games. The CJ said Judiciary must begin to think in terms of producing athletes who can compete on the international stage adding that the Judiciary Sports Day is a potentially good nursery for the nurturing of such talents. He said the new Judiciary Training Institute complex...

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04 June
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE BLUEPRINTS

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Chief Justice David Maraga launched his Strategic Blueprint on January 25th 2017, titled Sustaining Judiciary Transformation: A New Service Delivery Agenda. The blueprint is centered on six key areas: improving access to justice, handling corruption in and out of the Judiciary, improving ICT, reducing cases backlogs, digitization, and leadership and governance.  All these aspirations, he said, are based on transforming the Judiciary, a foundation that was laid by immediate former CJ Willy Mutunga through the Judiciary Transformation Framework Popularly known as JTF that was developed under his tenure.  Maraga also set up a committee to monitor the progress of the blueprint and its...

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04 June
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Training on electoral dispute resolution enhanced

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The training of Judges and judicial officers on election dispute resolution has been going on in all regions in Kenya with the aim of equipping them with more sufficient knowledge on the matter, in readiness for the 2017 election disputes. It is expected that the trainings will help the judicial officers and staff adjudicate election contests in a most expeditious, effective and impartial manner. Electoral dispute resolution plays an important role in ensuring credible elections, the reason why the Judiciary takes training of its staff on the subject seriously. Post-election disputes are petitions filed after the declaration of election results. Petitions of this...

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04 June
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JUDICIARY ANNUAL SPORTS DAY SCHEDULED FOR MAY

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The annual Judiciary Sports Day will be held from 25th to 28th May in Nairobi. The Judiciary Training Institute (JTI) has already formed a technical committee which comprises staff members from different offices and directorates within the Judiciary to begin the preparations for the event. Hon. Justice Boaz Olao chairs the larger organising committee of the Sports Day. The inaugural edition of the Judiciary Sports Day was held in 2014 with the main objective being to bring together the Judiciary staff for a bonding session. It was held at the Judiciary Training Institute (JTI) playground in Nairobi. The winning team in that year was...

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04 June
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JTI PRIORITY NOW ON EDR TRAINING

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Since the beginning of the year, the JTI has been a hive of activity, concentrating on Election Dispute Resolution training, in partnership with the Judiciary Committee on Elections. This follows a directive by the Honourable Chief Justice, David Maraga, to scale down on other trainings and prioritise EDR training. And although the priority has been on EDR training, other specifically approved trainings include the Magistrates Colloquium, the Judges Colloquium, the Kenya Women Judges Association International Conference and the Judiciary Sports Day. The directive by the Chief Justice was informed by the need to ensure that the Judiciary is prepared to handle the...

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