The project was announced by the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General, Johnston Busingye in a consultative meeting with justice partners on Wednesday in Kigali.
He said that the project comes to support existing services in justice decentralization and empowering the Office of the Ombudsman.
The project which is expected to get underway next month is aimed at creating awareness of right to different services and where to address their problems as well as taking services close to them in villages.
Busingye said that financial constraints have been limiting reach to villages, with most services ending at Access to Justice Offices (MAJ) at district level.
Under the project, the Office of the Ombudsman staff will be trained on reaching the people and explaining to them about access to information law.
The Deputy Ombudsman, Odette Yankurije said that they usually work closely with people, but it is not efficiently done as they wished to because of limited funding.
“In this project we intend to work closely with our beneficiaries, people, train them and buying new equipment that would help us to serve them efficiently,” she said.
The European Union Ambassador to Rwanda, Nicolas Bellomo said that they will invest Euro 8 million.
“Rule of law and justice descentralization is the cornerstone of development. We believe that it will raise the pride of the country and help attract traders and investors who desire to work in a country with a good justice system,” he explained.
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