East African Community Secretariat Arusha, Tanzania, 2 November 2011: Hon. Benjamin J. Odoki, Chief Justice of the Republic of Uganda has this afternoon closed the two-day workshop on the role of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in the East African Community (EAC) integration process at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.
Addressing participants, the Chief Justice stated that the insufficient visibility, limited capacity of the Court in terms of inadequate organizational structure, human and financial resources should be addressed in order for it (Court) to play its role as envisaged in the Treaty establishing the EAC. He said the Court needs the political will and support of the entire EAC in order to discharge its crucial mandate.
The Chief Justice commended the decision of the Council of Ministers to allow the Court to open sub-registries in the Partner States and asserted that the region must appreciate that "we live in extra ordinary and dynamic times, and society will make us irrelevant if we do not respond to thier needs".
"No doubt society is calling upon us to deliver to it full justice as it is required, justice without corruption whether accepted or not, justice with dignity and execellence and justice that addresses people's human rights and society" declared Hon. Odoki.
Uganda's Chief Justice called upon Partner States to find additional powers to support required reforms with the EACJ because it had demonstrated that even with the limited mandate, it had made commendable milestones and urged the Partner States to utilize the Court's facility as an arbitral tribunal.
The Chief Justice urged national judiciaries to continue extending cooperation to EACJ as such collaboration will contribute to the harmonization of the regional jurisprudence as well as national laws leading to the creation of a robust legal environment that will inspire confidence in the region by various investors. Read more
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