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Job opportunities at the Judiciary of Tanzania
NAFASI ZA KAZI-TUME YA UTUMISHI WA MAHAKAMA
Job opportunities at the Judiciary of Tanzania
BACKGROUND OF THE JUDICIARY
The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania,
1977 vests the authority and responsibility to administer justice in the
Judiciary of Tanzania. The Judiciary has its foundation on Article 107A (1) and
107B of the Constitution and states clearly about the Independence of the
Judiciary in the United Republic of Tanzania. Now the strategic plan for
Judicial Independence is focused in both form and content
1:2
Mandate of Judiciary
The
mandate of Judiciary to perform its functions is obtained from the Constitution
of the United Republic of Tanzania vide article 107 and its primary function is
to dispense justice with equity and compassion according to laws of Tanzania.
2:1
Roles and Functions
With
above mandate the roles and functions of the Judiciary include:
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Interpreting diverse Laws and execution administrative decisions.
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Hearing and deciding cases filed before the courts of law.
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Educating members of the public of their rights obligations under the laws of
the Tanzania.
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Facilitating maintenance of peace and order through good governance and the
rule of law.
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Current Vision and Mission
2:3:1
VISION: Timely and Accessible Justice for All.
2:4:2
MISSION: To carry out the administration of Justice to the general public in
dealing with disposal of cases effectively and efficiently.
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GENERAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW.
Since
the launching of the legal sector reform programme some years ago, the
Judiciary has made notable interventions in enhancing its functions in the
administration of justice and the Rule of Law. Bellow is major findings,
achievements.
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Major Findings
(a) A
achievements
Introduction
of ADR( Alternative Dispute Resolution)
A
functioning case calendar for honorable Judges and Magistrates
Establishment
of effective case flow management committee both in National level and lower
courts.
The
adoption of client service charter
Enhancement
of Supervisory mechanism.
Strengthening
ethical committee of ethical committee.
The
establishment of specialized High Court divisions of Commercial, Land and Labor
disputes
Establishment
of High Court centers.
There is
notable increase allocation of financial resources from 23% of the actual
request in 2002/2003 to 40% in financial 2006/2007-2009/20010. All these
measures created a new culture and friendly environment for all Judicial and
public in order to enhance their rule of law and good governance. On top of
these significant achievements Judiciary is undertaking reforms to review its
organizational structure to cope with social and economic development of modern
times. Taking to account of these changes some new structure and units had been
introduced.
(a) The
Judiciary has its Client Service Charter now under revision.
(b)
Complaints Handling Mechanism in Judiciary exists in different forms starting
with traditional suggestions boxes in every Court which handles many complaints
from the public. When these reports are compiled they are filed in special
confidential files for immediate actions from the accounting officer in charge.
This system exists in every zone and at end all information reaches to
Registrar High Court or Registrar Court of Appeal.
The
Chief Justice’s office meets with the members of the Public in every Thursday
of the week to register complaints and files them for CJ. If the complaint
qualifies; an appointment is made for the complainant to see the Chief Justice
on Saturday of the same week. Upon listening to the complainant the Chief
Justice immediately takes the necessary steps to solve the problem either by
talking or to write direct to relevant authority .This procedure has solved a
lot of problems which initially seemed chronic. The number of complainants
dwindles as days pass. This is an indication that the system works. To enhance
monitoring of complaints, IEC unit of the Judiciary is on the way introducing a
telephone hotline to register all complaints and direct them to respective
departments, units and advice on various ways of solving customer complaints
and review the service client charter.
Recently,
with the operations of Web site at Commercial and Labour courts enhanced
information exchange with other court centers. The web site for Judiciary of
Tanzania is under conctruction. More ever, the IEC unit with collaborations
with editorial committee of the Judiciary continues to publish a quarterly
Judicial News Letter known as “Haki Bulletin”. The former weekly radio progrmme
‘Ijue Mahakama’ is under progress and will be aired soon as stipulated on IEC
action plan.
The
Judicial strategic plan is associated closely with existing reforms currently
taking place in the Judiciary. The proposed system makes possible for
transparency of Judicial operations and division of responsibilities within the
Judiciary itself, including the establishment of the Chief Registrar’s office,
establishment of Legal Unit, Planning ,Evaluation, Monitoring Division and at
last, the Case Management Division. For the first time in recent years the
audit report for Judiciary has been improving for example in 2006/2007 the
Judiciary got adverse report on financial statements based on outstanding
amount of cases involving laundering of public money. In 2007/2008 the
Judiciary got qualified opinion.
HIV/AIDS
has been one of the factors hindering development of our Human Resources
capital. In recognizing and valuing its precious Human Resources, the Judiciary
took deliberate measures to conduct massive awareness seminars to its e
employees. To the moment 3026 employees have been reached, 655 have voluntary
tested for HIV/AIDS and 59 employees have declared their HIV positive status.
These 59 receive financial aid of 100,000/-per month to supplement their diet requirement.
Plans are to make sure that, all employees are reached with accurate and timely
information about HIV/AIDS
In case
of Open Performance Review and Appraisal System (OPRAS) Judiciary was omitted
in the project and still uses the confidential reports system of monitoring
work performance by its staff.
As
regards to customer perceptions on the improvement of service delivery, for
last two years the Judiciary has been advancing in the use of IT in service
delivery. For example all Judges of the High Court and Court of Appeal have
been supplied with modern laptops and this in turn helps to reduce the time
taken for delivery of judgments. Not only that, but also the number of
computerized offices with access to internet has risen making fast, reliable
transfers of information within the Judiciary in general. IT project is
underway to connect all regional centers with headquarters on e-communication
and possibility of online case system is on progress.
Issued
by,
Judiciary
of Tanzania,
- CORONA VIRUS
- MONKEY POX
- VAGINAL DRYNESS
- FIBROID
- INFERTILITY
- OVULATION CYCLE
- OVARIAN CANCER
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- MUCUS AFTER OVULATION
- FOODS FOR ERECTILE FUNCTIONS
- PREGNANCY ANEMIA
- DO AND DONT DURING PREGNANCY
- ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
- U.T.I IN PREGNANCY
- STROKE RISK
- EAT THIS NOT THAT
- HOOKWORMS INFECTION
- OMEGA 3 BENEFITS
- FASTING
- WEIGHT LOSS TIPS
- vitiligo
- ABORTION
- DENGUE VIRUS
- EBORA VIRUS
- FEVER
- URINARY TRACT INFECTION
- HOSPITAL INFECTIONS
- WEST NILE VIRUS
- YELLOW FEVER
- EYE DISEASE
- ZIKA VIRUS
- STRESS
- IRON DEFFICIENCE
- INSOMNIA (SLEEPING PROBLEMS)
- HEART PROBLEMS
- COMPONENTS OF BLOOD
- BLOOD DISORDER
- LABORATORY TEST OF BLOOD DISORDER
- BONE MARROW EXAMINATION
- BLOOD ANEMIA
- ANIMAL BITES
- EYE BURN
- CHOCKING
- HEAT STROKE
- SMOKE EFFECTS
- SNAKE BITE
- MALARIA VACCINE
- BEST WAY TO SLEEP A CHILD
- CHILD FEVER REDUCING
- ELEPHANTIASIS
- WOMEN BEARDS
- DATES
- PAPAYA FRUITS