The award was from presented during a meeting of African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) in El Jadida, Morocco from 6-10th this month.<\/p>\n
The yearly AAPAM Innovative Management award, aims at recognizing institutions, organizations and Ministries that performed valuable activities towards helping population access justice.<\/p>\n
Speaking to IGIHE, the Director of Access to Justice Coordination Unit in the Ministry of Justice, Frank Mugabo said that the award is a recognition of the ministry and justice system in general.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis award shows the level of the ministry in terms of legal justice aid provision to the population. It is under the government\u2019s programme to provide legal advice to people and avoiding bureaucracy whether in institutions or in courts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said that MAJ advises people on law related issues, disseminate laws and regulations, advise mediators (Abunzi) on legal matters and procedures, monitor and follow-up their activities.<\/p>\n
MAJ also coordinates the execution of court judgments and execute judgments for poor and vulnerable people and handles all issues related to Gender Based Violence.
\nMINIJUST has also established MAJ to assist people in conflict resolution through mediation (between themselves) or between them and other relevant organs.
\nMAJ operates from all districts with three lawyers per District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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