{President Paul Kagame will today speak to Abunzi (Community mediators) as they celebrate 10 years of cost effective mediation and justice, IGIHE reports}<\/p>\n
The Abunzi or Mediation Committee is an organ meant for providing a framework for mandatory mediation prior to filing cases in courts hearing at first instance.<\/p>\n
The Abunzi model has cut the number of cases filed in courts and ultimately reduced backlogs.<\/p>\n
Before the introduction of mediation committees, any form of misunderstanding ended up in courts. <\/p>\n
Records indicate that 80 per cent of Rwandans are happy with the work done by the Abunzi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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