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Our new Constitutional order demands; transparency, accountability, participation and
inclusiveness in governance. The Audit report will go a long way in supporting the implementation
of this new order by providing a framework for policy direction for the NCAJ institutions in
implementing their core mandates. Through this effort, Kenya therefore joins other Nations in
establishing a baseline for improved service delivery within the Criminal Justice System.
I thank NCAJ, Legal Resources Foundation Trust (LRF) and RODI-Kenya for taking lead role in
ensuring that we have credible data and literature that will inform practice, administrative, policy
and legislative transformation within the realm of justice. I extend my appreciation to the National
Steering Committee of the NCAJ and Justice Sector Institutions for opening their doors for
scrutiny and also their tremendous efforts in conducting the Audit. This Audit should however not
rest here. I therefore call for an agreed implementation framework under the NCAJ to take on the
recommendations and policy reforms forward and periodic scrutiny which is a good health check
for capacity commitment to service delivery
Many thanks to the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and the Government of Kenya for its support
and funding that made the Audit a reality.
Hon. Justice David K. Maraga,
E.G.H., Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya and Chairman,
National Council on the Administration of Justice
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