Rugege was speaking yesterday at the 14th East African Magistrates and Judges Association Conference and Annual General Meeting in Kigali.
“ICT has been more useful in Rwanda’s justice system; it is used while receiving cases, communication between court employees, court fees payment and registries of litigants” he said adding that ICT enabled transparency and reduced corruption.
He said embracing technology reduced in person contacts between litigants and court employees which previously created tendencies to corruption.
Rwanda’s justice system uses ‘Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS)’, a programme which was introduced in January, 2016.
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The president of Kenyan High Court Justice Nzioka Wa Makau said that technology in courts is helpful, but means to afford it is still a challenge.
“In Kenya, constitution says that courts are independent and should have own resources, but, till today no available resources. We are looking forward for a ‘fund’ to support courts. So, technology is good but we can’t afford to buy it,” he said.
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