The Judiciary has announced a downscaling of its activities in the five counties declared by President Uhuru Kenyatta as disease infected due to a third wave of Covid-19 in the Country. The acting CJ indicated that in Nairobi County, matters under a certificate of urgency shall continue to be filed using the judiciary’s e-filing system. She added that all criminal pleas and urgent hearings will be handled virtually in all courts in the five affected counties. “Certificates of urgency in the other zoned areas of Kiambu, Kajiado, Machakos and Nakuru, shall be presented by way of e-filing,” she said. Her directive comes just days after President Kenyatta reintroduced travel restrictions in the five counties and revised curfew hours, terming them disease infected areas.

Source: Daily Nation March 29, 2021 12:10 UTC