Nakuru Resident Judge, Justice Joel Ngugi has maintained the importance of Alternative Justice System (AJS) saying that only 21 per cent of people with legal issues go to the conventional law courts. “The new law views the traditional as rational so long as it does not contravene the Bill of Rights,” Justice Ngugi said. Ngugi said AJS should be prioritised because it enhances access to justice even for the most vulnerable people who cannot bear case costs, it reduces backlog at the law courts. Ngugi said besides expanding the framework for human rights, alternative justice system gives people a chance to participate in the administration of justice. Ngugi claimed that the separation was a danger to delivery of justice citing saying that many people were suffering because they either filed a civil case as criminal or vice versa.

Source: The Star July 24, 2022 01:26 UTC