By Elizabeth Ankunda
11th April 2024
The Judiciary has revealed that one of the issues to be handled at their first ever National Court Open Day is to interact with the public regarding strategies the Justice System needs to improve so as to eliminate case backlog.
According to the Judiciary Public Relations Officer James Ereemye Mawanda, it is also intended to promote sensitization highlighting the services the Judiciary offers, emphasizing mechanisms being re-engineered to improve service delivery and receiving feedback from the public to get areas of improvement from the public.
He said at the National Court Open Day slated for April 15th, 2024 at Kololo Independence Grounds, all stakeholders in the Justice System including; the public, police, prisons, prosecutors and lawyers will meet and interact so that they can understand their roles in the chain of the court system and processes.
Mawanda stated that the Judiciary is making accountability and it will sensitize court users so as to be able to obtain feedback from them adding that the National Court Open Day is aimed at further strengthening the independence of the Judiciary enshrined in the Constitution.
While addressing the media on Thursday at the Judiciary Headquarters in Kampala, Mawanda indicated that in order for this to be done effectively, the Judiciary has been conducting Court open days in various places across the country.
However, given the feedback obtained from the ground to places they have been, Mawanda said the Judiciary found it fit that the same should be extended to a bigger group of the public by having a National Court Open Day such that different courts can showcase what they do for the people.
As such, he said the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and all its Divisions in Kampala, the Inspectorate of Courts which handles matters of compliance, quality assurance, the Judicial Training Institute and Magistrates Courts in Kampala will showcase the different services they offer in their jurisdictions.
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