President Dr John Magufuli
The fund aims at helping the judiciary address various challenges
it faces including handling of backlog cases and dispensing justice on
time.
“We have fulfilled the promise made by the president, it is our
hope that the funds will be properly used by implementing the expected
goals,” the Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Philip Mpango said when
handing over the dummy cheque. On his part, Deputy Permanent Secretary
in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Amon Mpanju
expressed his gratitude to President Magufuli for fulfilling his promise
on time.
“He has really lived up to his slogan “Hapa Kazi tu” by fulfilling
his promise in just four days, we are grateful for this gesture,” he
said. Judiciary Chief Executive Officer, Hussein Katanga noted that the
money will be used for their intended purposes which include improving
courts’ operations.
Dr Magufuli had pledged to give 12.3bn/- to the judiciary in five
days to improve the working environment in the country’s courts.
During the occasion the president admitted that for the country to
win the fight against graft and economic sabotage, the working
environment in the judiciary will first have to improve.
Dr Magufuli stressed on the role of the judiciary in ensuring
justice for the people, observing that he judiciary is an important
pillar of the government.
He noted that there are 442 cases of economic sabotage pending in
courts since 2010, which would have fetched the government 1trn/-,
promising the Judiciary 250bn/- to address challenges it faces and the
rest to go into overhauling the judiciary system.
The head of state further noted that there are 556 cases in the
Land Division of the High Court, whose ruling is pending because the
Registrar has failed to write a letter and forward the case files to the
High Court for decision.
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