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...

KATSINA STATE RECORDS ADDITIONAL CASE OF LASSA FEVER, AS THREE DIE. (PHOTO).

KATSINA STATE RECORDS ADDITIONAL CASE OF LASSA FEVER, AS THREE DIE

Katsina state government has confirmed an additional case of Lassa fever, bringing the total number of recent cases of the infectious disease to four.

An official of the State Primary Health Care Agency, Dr. Kabir Sulaiman, stated this while briefing correspondent Muhammad Yahaya on the development, revealing that three of the four cases have resulted in fatalities.

Confirmed cases were recorded in Funtua and Dan Musa Local government areas of Katsina state.

Out of the four confirmed cases, three patients have died, while the only surviving patient, a female, is the spouse of one of the deceased.

A total of forty four contacts were identified and isolated for monitoring. 

Out of this number, thirty seven have been discharged after completing the observation period.

Confirming the development, a senior official with the State Primary Health Care Agency says government has put in place appropriate measures to curtail the spread of the disease.

A patient, who is currently in quarantine at the Infectious Diseases Centre of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, is responding to treatment.

Medical experts have called on the public to adopt proper hygiene practices and avoid contact with rodents, which are known to be the primary carriers of the disease.

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