Africa-Press – South-Sudan. One thingwhich should be appreciated in the judiciary is the declaration and theintroduction of mobile courts which should be extended to the ten states andthe three administrative areas. There are reports that in some areas cases havebeen pending far too long which denied the parties involved the right to knowwhat is wrong and what would follow. On this one, the judiciary has scored highpoints which would be hundred percent only if the program will workeffectively. A common saying that Justice delayed is Justice denied, in thiscase would be viewed in the past as history.
Let this program come to life andlet it work to reduce time one could take in custody before their cases areheard and determined according to the law of the land. Surely some pettyoffenders have fallen victims of long delays in custody. While earlier, thesecases could go for year in year out without remedy or being solved. It cannotbe taken for granted that the circumstances are normal since the right of aperson is involved and one is innocent until proven guilty according to the lawof the land. For this one it should not be like other programs which have beenpronounced and ended up being still-born. With the peace and the changingpolitical atmosphere, each and every government institution should be seen tobe doing its work diligently and without being under supervision. They shouldwork independently but collectively because the aim is to inject the muchneeded service delivery to the masses who are the tax-payers.
The initiation ofmobile courts in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps would also makeit easier for those seeking justice to get it not far away and they are manygoing with reports coming from the camps. The unity government should not relaxin its quest to provide services to the common-man which they promised to doduring the search and after the signing of the peace agreement which broughtthem together after that long journey of struggle to bring home to theexpecting citizens what they had really longed for called peace. The judiciary is one of the three arms of thegovernment with the other two being the executive and the legislator. The effectivenessof them being felt for the good of the public must be the possibilities ofcollectively handling issues that are of national interests. There have beenreal need to go home clear and dry.
Therefore, instead of twisting, the ironrod be straighten to serve its purpose of providing justice to those who are inneed of it. The public would only be happy and convinced when the dispensationof cases are done with minimal delays and sure and proper judgments are metedaccordingly to the satisfaction of all.This is whencourts will be seen to be operating independently.
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