SAJEI Annual Report V12

Enhancing Judicial Excellence

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the 2017/18 financial year SAJEI deliverd 91 judicial education courses as against 90 in the previous financial year, of note is that less judical officers attended the courses. SAJEI intends to accelerate efforts in ensuring that more judical officers attend courses in the forthcoming financial years. For the current financial year, three seminars were conducted for Judges covering a number of topics for example; Procurement law, Wildlife Trafficking, Liquidation and Tax. One of the seminars was attended by Judges from Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania, they were resource persons and participants. Regional Magistrates attended two workshops on Promotion of Administrative Act (PAJA) and Criminal Court skills. Due to resource constraints only 75 workshops for District Magistrates were conducted as against 71 in the previous financial year. Of note is that SAJEI conducted the first workshop for 46 newly appointed Senior Magistrates. The purpose of the workshop was to enhance leadership and judicial case management skills of these Magistrates. SAJEI is grateful for the commitment and support of the Chief Magistrates. As part of the mandate of SAJEI, six (6) workshops were conducted for those aspiring to be Judicial officers, covering all three levels of the Judiciary. SAJEI also provides support to other institutions. For the current financial year, military Judges were trained on judgment writing. SAJEI has received support from partners on Facilitation skills, judicial leadership, HIV/TB and Human rights. A regional roundtable on HIV/TB and Human Rights supported by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was coordinated by SAJEI during the current financial year. It was attended by members of the Judiciary from Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Mozambique and South Africa. SAJEI is working hard to have regional and international footprint on judicial training.

Despite resource constraints, SAJEI continues to deliver on its mandate through the guidance, leadership and support of SAJEI governance structures.

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SAJEI I Annual Report I 2017/18