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70 State of Judiciary 2011-2012
6.5 Finance and Resource Development – 2011/12 Management
Initiatives
In 2011/12, the finance and resource development agenda was
limited to a number of foundation-building initiatives that were
focused on the wider, medium-term JTF agenda. Five major
initiatives are highlighted in this section of the report.
6.5.1 Initial Steps to Operationalise the Judiciary Fund within a
modern PFM Framework for the Judiciary
With the passing of the Judicial Service Act in early 2011 in
line with the Constitution, the Judiciary Fund is now legally in
force. The year 2011/12 was devoted to the development of
regulations to guide the operations and administration of the
Fund. These regulations have now been gazetted and are now
in force. Supporting this effort, a series of consultancies have
been undertaken, and are ongoing, to establish a modern PFM
framework for the Judiciary based on the recommendations
of past reports, and the present imperative of transformation.
This has included the exploration of potential ICT solutions that
will support the integration of court and case work with court
registries, human resource management and end-to-end public
financial management functions from planning and budgeting
to accounting, reporting, audit and evaluation.
6.5.2 Enhanced Planning, Budgeting and Resource Mobilisation
Recognising the enormous investment needs of the Judiciary
Transformation Framework, significant effort was made to secure
an improved budget for the Judiciary for 2012/13, involving a mix
of technical and political efforts, and reflecting the “science”
and “art” of budgeting. A record KSh15.9 billion budget for the
Judiciary was eventually secured in June 2012 and is currently
under implementation.
In addition, the outline of a comprehensive Programming-
Planning-Budgeting-Results (PPBR) framework for the Judiciary;
one that links policy, programming and planning, to budgeting,
execution and results; is beginning to emerge. This framework
is currently helping to guide the Judiciary’s work in 2013/14
budget preparations as well as reporting and accountability on