A Place For Alternative Dispute Resolution In A Transforming Judiciary

The Judiciary in Kenya is metamorphosising. The rapid response to the implementation of the Constitution has brought about structural and policy changes in the administration of justice.

The Honourable the Chief Justice in his report on the state of the Judiciary in 2011-2012 made no pretence of the dire situation the judiciary was in prior to August 2010.

The vetting of Judges and Magistrates has, despite the mixed reviews in its determinations, added to the generally accepted notion that the Judiciary is heading in the right direction.

Confidence is at an all time high. The numbers of Judges and Magistrates have increased to a total of twenty seven in the Court of Appeal, eighty six in the High Court, fifteen in the Land and Environmental Court, twelve in the Industrial Court and four hundred and thirty nine Magistrates.