josiah33 wrote:Part of the problem after the 2007 elections was that one party did not have faith in our courts and the other party(the one that's among those rubbishing judge Ombija's ruling)asked the other to take their grievances to court. Now that we are seeing a judiciary that's willing to make some tough decision no matter how unpopular we are still complaining. When will we see reason?
To add on, the justice system does not start and stop at the Courts. For Kenyans to gain confidence with the system we need to improve the whole procedure and not just the judgments. As an individual I should be confident that;
1.When I report a matter to the police/concerned authority, it will be taken up for proper investigations
2.As the aggrieved party I should be able to monitor the process
3.The person/s whom I have accused does not interfere with the investigations
4.The prosecutor or my lawyer is competent enough to handle my case
5.There is a time limit for which a case can be heard thereby not denying me justice
6.Records are kept and are accessible through trace (Hii mambo ya file haipatikani should not be there)
7.The judge does not collude with the other party hence influencing the outcome of the case
8.There is also a time limit as to the effect date of the judgment
9.The judgment meted out is commensurate with the crime (mambo ya mwizi wa kuku being jailed to 20 years and someone who eats up a whole parastatal only gets 2 years hapana!)
10.Etc..
See? Confidence in the Judiciary has nothing to do with one “activist minded judgment
“People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough, people will sooner or later believe it.” ― Walter C. Langer