Africa-Press – Tanzania. A DELEGATION from the World Bank Group is in the country for a two-week working visit to assess the implementation of US dollars 90 million (over 200bn/-) citizen- centric judicial modernisation and justice service delivery in Tanzania.
Led by the Bretton Woods Institution’s Senior Public Sector Specialist, Christine Owuor, the team is expected to traverse different areas in the country where the projects are being implemented.
The government of Tanzania signed a concessional loan agreement totaling US do lars 90 million with the World Bank to implement the second phase of citizen-centric judicial modernisation and justice service delivery project which seeks to improve the efficiency and transparency, and access to selected citizen-centric justice services.
The agreement was signed after the WB was fully satisfied with the great implementation of the first phase which brought several improvements in the country’s judicial system in terms of infrastructure and service delivery.
The WB’s delegation met Chief Justice, Professor Ibrahim Juma to exchange notes on the implementation of a three-year project which kicked off in this financial year where the CJ expressed the commitment by the country’s judiciary in bringing services closer to people.
Prof Juma said that the team would be taken through different ongoing projects, adding that it would be in the country until July 14.
“The target of the WB is to fight against poverty as well as maintain gender equality, among oth- ers,” he said.
He expressed his commitment not to let down the WB which he described as a true partner in the country’s development, adding that Tanzania had been working with the latter for many years.
The CJ outlined several achievements in the implementation of the programme to modernize the judicial services and service delivery in the country, saying that Tanzania had received an award from the Bretton Woods’s Institution for meeting the targets of the first phase of the project.
During an interview WB’s Senior Public Sector Specialist said the second phase of the project is expected to be implemented for three years, expressing optimism that the Tanzanian judiciary would implement the project to expected targets just like it did during the first phase.
“Our expectation is to see that the marginalised persons in Tanzania are accessing timely judicial services and we are happy with the judiciary in implementing technology in hearing and determining different cases,’’ said Ms Owuor.
Speaking during the meeting, the Head of Judicial Reforms, Dr Angelo Rumisha said during this phase of the project, the judiciary plans to put up high courts in every region as well as increasing the number of primary courts countrywide.
“This is the best project in the continent and last year Tanzania was awarded by the WB for doing a great job in judicial reforms,’’ he said.
He commended the WB for trusting Tanzania and pump- ing in more funding for judicial reforms.
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