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cent of financial resources in FY 2013/14. The additional resources
will mainly be directed towards constructing new court stations,
expanding existing court stations to accommodate more judicial
officers, rehabilitation of some of the existing courts, automation
of case management, networking of court stations, remuneration
of new staff, and associated costs as a result of hiring more
judicial officers.
6.6.2 A National Perspective on Resourcing the Judiciary
A key focus of the Judiciary’s resourcing and financing strategy
will involve securing a greater proportion of the national budget
over time. The current (2012/13) budget level represents 1.3 per
cent of total discretionary expenditure, a vast improvement on
the past but still significantly below the international benchmark
of 2.5 per cent of the national budget.
Recognising, however, the other calls on the public purse, the
Judiciary intends to progressively, and not immediately, achieve
the 2.5 per cent financing target. Indeed, over the next three
years, and even with the ambitious financing targets laid out
in the medium-term outlook, it is expected that the Judiciary’s
share of the budget will still be closer to 2 per cent than it is to
2.5 per cent by 2016, as Figure 6.6 illustrates.