KENYAN LAWYERS BOYCOTT COURTS OVER ALLEGED JUDICIAL CORRUPTION. (PHOTO).

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 Kenyan lawyers boycott courts over alleged judicial corruption Kenyan lawyers staged a nationwide boycott of court proceedings on Wednesday to protest alleged judicial corruption and chronic delays. Cases in the East African nation take an average of two years to conclude, according to official records, with lawyers blaming graft and systemic inefficiencies. "The court boycott is going on in courts across the country, with many lawyers heeding the call," Charles Kanjama, the president of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), told reporters. However, the judiciary said that accountability mechanisms already exist through the Judicial Service Commission and the Office of the Judiciary Ombudsman, where complaints against judges and judicial officers can be lodged and investigated, according to a statement released prior to the boycott. It also defended its recent performance, saying it achieved a case clearance rate of 104 per cent for the first time in several years. After the natio...

NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE INAUGURATES ANTI-CORRUPTION UNIT - "ACTU".(PHOTO).


 NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE  INAUGURATES ANTI-CORRUPTION UNIT - "ACTU"


The Nigeria Immigration Service is taking another step to tighten internal accountability with the nationwide inauguration of its Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit, ACTU.

Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nandap, noted that corruption weakens national security, slows economic development, and erodes Nigeria’s credibility in the global community, promising that the newly inaugurated ACTU desks will be properly equipped to promote a culture of integrity and professionalism.


Representative of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Olusegun Adigun, advised the nominated desk officers to work closely with Service management to reinforce accountability, ethical conduct, and transparency in daily operations.


The Service says the inauguration of the ACTU desks signals a renewed effort to embed reform not just in policy, but in practice.

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