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At least 19 Chief Justices from the Eastern and Southern parts of Africa will be jetting into the country at the weekend to attend the week-long conference in Kampala, Uganda.

The various heads of Judiciaries will be deliberating on contemporary matters affecting justice delivery in the sub-continent under their association, Southern and Eastern Africa Chief Justice’ Forum (SEACJF).

“The Forum provides a formal platform, structure and framework through which the Chief Justices are able to collectively reflect on critical issues on justice delivery and adopt action plans to address those issues in a systematic and sustained way in order to strengthen justice delivery in the sub-region, upholding the rule of law, democracy and independence of the courts and promoting contact as well as co-operation among the State Courts in the regions of its operation,” said Justice Mike Chibita during a media briefing on September 25 ahead of next week’s conference in Munyonyo, Kampala.

The expected Chief Justices will be coming from the kingdom of Lesotho, kingdom of Eswatini, Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe and, Tanzania.

The conference that is expected to be officially opened by President Museveni on October 1, will run till October 4.

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