Tanzania To Host This Year’s Southeastern Africa Chief Justices Forum In Arusha.

By VALENTINE OFORO,  Dodoma

TANZANIA is expected to host the General Meeting of the Forum of Chief Justices of Member States from South and East Africa, drafted to take place from October 23 to 27,  2023 in Arusha City.

 

To be graced by President Samia Suluhu,  the annually staged forum  provides a formal platform, structure and framework through which the Chief Justices of Eastern and Southern Africa and Africa at large are able to collectively reflect on critical issues on justice delivery and adopt action plans to address various  issues in a systematic and sustained way in order to strengthen justice delivery in the region.

The development was unveiled today (Tuesday) in Dodoma Capital City by the  Permenent Secretary (PS) of the Prime Minister's Office (Policy, Parliament and Coordination), Dr. jim Yonazi while leading the preparatory session for the meeting.

At a meeting which attracting the Permanent Secretaries (PSs) from different ministers, Dr. Yonazi informed that the forum will include members from different countries.

 

 

The countries, according to him, include Kenya, Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Mozambique, Seychelles, Botswana.

Others are Angola, Zanzibar, Malawi, Lesotho, Mauritius, Zambia and South Africa.

"We have gathered here to share relevant experience and have a common understanding about the important issues to be discussed during the forum," he said.

He added, the envisage gathering will go under the theme of "The Role of the Courts of Member States in the Resolution of Disputes under the Integration of the Free Trade Area of ​​Africa: Application of TechnologyModernity for Efficiency in the Delivery of Justice”