This archive report was first published on 6 July 2020.
On July 6, 2020, the Judiciary's Deputy Chief Registrar Paul Maina embarked on inspection tours of courts in Taita Taveta county to assess compliance to COVID-19 mitigation measures as courts upscale operations.
As part of the efforts to scale up court sessions, Maina toured the Voi High Court and Wundanyi Law Courts, where he met staff based at the two stations and inspected ongoing development projects.
“Deputy CRJ Paul Maina inspected the construction of a High Court building at Voi town in Taita Taveta County,” the Judiciary tweeted.
Following the government's imposition of measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus on April 6, the Judiciary has been scaling up on-site court sessions, which were scaled down in March in favor of video conference-enabled court appearances.
Chief Justice David Maraga announced plans to upscale open court sessions while adhering to the health ministry's COVID-19 prevention protocols.
“To promote social distancing, we shall limit the number of people physically accessing the courts at any given time. Kindly cooperate with the officers responsible at the court entrances,” Maraga said on June 8.
Additionally, the Judiciary launched an e-filing system of cases in Nairobi courts, which will allow parties, including judges and magistrates, to access all case files and documents online.
