The Judiciary has launched a design competition for the Kenyan courthouse. Architects, designers and artists have been invited to submit proposals for a prototype court building that, in external and internal design, shape, layout and colour scheme, reflects a vibrant, accessible, transparent, and impartial Judiciary.
This unique initiative deserves support if it is a step towards complete transformation of a tainted and remote Judiciary that often seems stuck in antiquity.
The establishment of the Supreme Court and appointment of a new Chief Justice got us debating judicial attire — heavy robes and horsehair wigs — that might have little resonance with Kenyan history and culture, and might also be unsuitable for equatorial climes. Indeed, the new Supreme Court abandoned the attire borrowed from Britain, but the alternate robes adopted were hardly inspiring.
Therefore, now is the time to look at all facets of the “look and feel” of the Judiciary, from the attire to the buildings. Ultimate transformation, however, will lie in complete change of the mindset within the Judiciary so that it serves the citizens with speed, diligence, competence and fairness.
Source: Daily Nation
The renovation will certainly be good for justice in my opinion.
[…] Mr Macharia came top among an array of participants who took part in the Judiciary Prototype Competition held from February 22 to March 16. […]