Madiany law courts in Rarieda Sub County is set for a Sh40 million upgrade by the Judiciary to improve service delivery.
The law court which was established in 2019 at the former Rarieda Sub County headquarters is one of the four facilities in the country to receive special upgrade funding from the Judiciary.
Its upgrade into ultramodern court will include the construction of ODPP office, Juvenile cells and witness protection rooms together with two open courtrooms.
Speaking during the launch of the construction of the facility, Judiciary’s head of construction projects, Maxwel Sweru, added the court will be fully solarized and connected to high speed internet to enable live-streaming for conducting virtual courts.
“In the Judiciary we have a strategic blueprint known as Social Transformation through Access to Justice (STAJ) where we construct courts to respond to climate change challenges; so our court will be fully solarized and connected to internet to enable live-streaming of proceedings,” said Sweru
Sweru disclosed that the upgrade of the facility will take fifteen months with the completion date set for December 2027.
Madiany law court Senior Principal Magistrate (SPM) James Masiga said the upgrade of the facility will improve working conditions for officers who did not have proper working stations like the office of the ODPP.
Masiga also disclosed that the bulk of cases heard at Madiany are succession related adding they will now be handled more expeditiously virtually after the completion of the facility.
Charles Siso, a member of Madiay Court Users committee thanked the Judiciary for the facility saying residents can now access justice locally as they previously had to travel 30kms to Bondo to attend court sessions.
Siso said the upgrade facility will spur economic growth in the area and advised residents to invest in rental houses and supply food to workers and those attending court sessions.
Rarieda MP, Otiende Amolo, who graced the occasion revealed that besides the Sh40 million facility, Madiany trading center will benefit from the construction of Sh7 million police station saying the funds has already been released by the CDF board. Besides, Mr Amolo added that the Ministry of health would soon upgrade Madiany level 3 hospital to a level five facility.
By Brian Ondeng
