Judiciary to build more courthouses countrywide

Justice Chande said that yesterday when speaking to journalist about the budget for the improvement of the country’s courts this year.

He said that for the first time since 2012 the court has received 100 per cent of all development funds allocated in the budget for 2015/2016 and that all the money is in the Judiciary account.

Justice Chande said that they will liaise with Judges-in-Charge to discuss on how best to improve court operations in the regions because they want the improvements to start immediately.

“We are very grateful to President Magufuli for paying attention to the issue of infrastructure and construction of courts,” he said.

He said the development funds will help to revive construction projects that had stalled due to shortage of funds while at the same time they will help to start new construction work of courthouses countrywide this year.

He added that 12 out of 25 regions in the Mainland do not have High Court buildings 22 districts out 133 do not have structures housing district courts, while out of 3,957 wards, only 976 have primary courthouses.

On his part, the Minister for Finance and Planning Dr Phillip Mpango said that President Magufuli expects the money to be put to good use to help in the timely dispensing of justice in the country.