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State of Judiciary 2011-2012
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management, institutional development, organisational and
human resources management, Information & communications
technology (ICT) and media and communication.
5.3.17 Jurisprudence and Judicial Practice: Repositioning the
Judiciary Training Institute
The importance of judicial education and learning cannot be
gainsaid. Without a culture of continuous learning, judicial dialogue
and peer review, there can be no genuine judicial transformation.
In the past year, various steps have been taken to reposition the
Judiciary Training Institute as a centre for excellence in judicial
education and research. It has held a total of 46 training workshops
and seminars in the last one year.
JTI now has a five-year strategic plan, which provides a framework
for nurturing it into a centre for robust intellectual exchange,
a vibrant think tank, and a space for judicial thought on the
intersection between law and other disciplines. In 2012/13, a Bill
will be prepared to entrench the Institute firmly in legislation. With
the attendant autonomy that would follow, it is envisaged that
the Institute will ultimately offer accredited graduate degree
programmes.
5.3.18 Jurisprudence and Judicial Practice: Catalysing Judicial
Dialogue on Constitutional Implementation
The judicial education interventions of the Institute will neither be
perfunctory nor ritualistic. In order to ensure that its programmes
are multi-disciplinary and relevant to Kenya’s constitutional
development needs, the JTI will continue focusing on generating
judicial dialogue and knowledge on the practical issues that
confront us today. In the past three months alone, the Institute
has successfully conducted training for judges, magistrates and
legal researchers on social and economic rights, social context
and public interest litigation. These training programmes will be
expanded to enable the Judiciary to build itself into an institution
that is up to its task of implementing the Constitution. The Institute
will also establish further mechanisms for public engagement,
building upon the experience of the open-day and the Judicial
Marches Week conducted in August 2012. (See Annex on JTI training
schedules)