Chief Justice calls for legal aid

"The time has come for this country to interrogate whether an effective legal aid funded by the taxpayers should not be put in place by parliament which would go a long way in ensuring justice for all our people," Dibotelo said.

Dibotelo said after assuming office in February 2010, he engaged Tsa Badiri Consultancy to advise on the implementation of government's resolution to institutes a study into the alignment of salaries and conditions of service of the magistrates with those of judges.