Major reforms planned for judiciary

"All our plans have the potential to immensely reduce the backlog of cases in our courts," he said. At the moment there are cases, civil and criminal, dating back to 2003 that need to be resolved.

The judiciary engaged the services of Justice Clifford Wallace of America in January to examine its systems and come up with better ways to deal with cases. He consulted all stakeholders among them Nthomiwa and his assistants, judges, magistrates, state counsels at Attorney General's Chambers, private attorneys, and court clerks. He recommended that the judicial system should adopt two practices; Case Management and Court Annexed Mediation.