MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News)-The annual Somali judicial conference discusses the remarkable reforms the sector has witnessed recently despite immense challenges in the past.
The two-day forum is first of its kind conducted since the fall of military government three decades ago.
The conference which opened in the capital, Mogadishu on Wednesday is attended by the deputy prime minister, Mahdi Mohamed Guled, minister for justice, Hassan Hussein Hajji, the attorney general, Ahmed Ali Dahir and Somalia’s chief justice, Bashi Yusuf Ahmed will focus on the achievements, challenges and the prospects.
The chief justice, Bashi Yusuf who addressed the forum said the justice system has embarked on rigorous reforms in the past years to improve the delivery of fairness to all and sundry.
“We put in place electronic management system, trained judges and follow up mechanism on the key cases to improve the service delivery,” the chief justice, added, “We also closely monitor judges mainly at Banadir courts to fight corruption.”
The justice minister, Hassan Hussein Hajji who delivered a keynote speech at the conference, stressed that the judiciary is key to political stability saying there is need to speed up the establishment of a constitutional court in the country.
“We are working hard to put in place the mechanism for the creation of constitutional court and the judicial service commission,” the minister said.
On his part, the deputy prime minister, Mahdi Mohamed Guled said the federal government of Somalia is fully committed to implementing the ongoing judicial reforms.
He underlined that the government would equip the judiciary with the necessary machinery to improve its capacity to handle and deliver quality justice in the country.
The government has promised to establish the judicial service commission and the constitutional court, but that pledge has not yet materialized.
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