{"id":2237,"date":"2021-08-19T08:24:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globezmart.com\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2021-11-30T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T15:21:03","slug":"2237","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/2237\/","title":{"rendered":"Ksh 12b Judiciary Performance Improvement Project nears completion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chief Justice Martha Koome says the Ksh 12 billion Judiciary Performance Improvement Project (JPIP) initiated in 2014 will come to an end in October.The project funded by the World Bank has played a key role in the transformation of the Judiciary in meeting the aspirations of the public as envisioned in the 2010 Constitution.\u201cIt has been the single largest investment in the development budget of the Judiciary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, the project has disbursed over 84 per cent of the funding with the balance committed in ongoing contracts,\u201d Koome said.The CJ spoke during a meeting with Keith Hansen, the World Bank Country Director for Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has increased access to justice for Kenyans with construction of 13 new High Courts in Kitui, Chuka, Vihiga, Nyamira, Nanyuki, Isiolo, Kakamega, Nakuru, Kajiado, Siaya, Kapenguria, Maralal and Makueni, a new Court of Appeal in Nakuru as well as eight Magistrates Courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CJ Koome pointed out that the project has improved and enhanced efficient service delivery through effective change management for the entire Judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crossfirenews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/O-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2797\" width=\"411\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/O-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/O-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/O-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/O-7-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/O-7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The project supported the first and most comprehensive assessment of the Judiciary\u2019s workload, which helped determined the total caseload in the institution which was previously unknown\u201cThe project introduced and entrenched performance management which has enhanced transparency, accountability, and overall service delivery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The courts are measured against indicators such as case clearance, backlog reduction and timely delivery of judgements,\u201d CJ Koome said.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Justice Martha Koome says the Ksh 12 billion Judiciary Performance Improvement Project (JPIP) initiated in 2014 will come to an end in October.The project funded by the World Bank has played a key role in the transformation of the Judiciary in meeting the aspirations of the public as envisioned in the 2010 Constitution.\u201cIt has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-popular-news","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237\/revisions\/2799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenyaleo.co.ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}