The move, according to Busingye, aims at efficiently providing good justice delivery.
Busingye announced this yesterday in Kigali while briefing the media about the ongoing reforms that are being carried out in the Judiciary.
Currently in Rwanda, there are Primary Courts, Intermediate Court, High Court and Supreme Court.
Busingye said that since 2004, they have been doing reforms as a way of combining resources and activities for better performance of the judiciary system.
“In the near future, we will establish a Court of Appeal which will stand between the High Court and Supreme Court to facilitate the judiciary in performing two major functions; handling many appeal cases. The Supreme Court will handle special cases like political, economic cases which have impact on the life of country and also handle other few appeal cases which might need expertise and thorough explanations in terms of laws and provide guidance to other courts and individuals,” he explained.
Busingye said that the merger of Primary Courts aims at combining resources without compromising the quality of service delivery.
He said that they also plan to introduce the Integrated Case Management System (IECMS) which is currently being used in courts into all Police Stations.
Leave a Reply