Attorney General Kihara Kariuki, Police Inspector General Joseph Boinnet, Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti, his public prosecutions counterpart Noordin Haji, and Chief Executive Officer of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Twalib Mbarak were among those attending the 20th NCAJ meeting in Naivasha.
The meeting convened to discuss challenges impeding the ongoing anti-corruption purge came a week after the Judiciary announced the roll out of an ambitious case management scheme that will see corruption-related matters concluded within five months at most.
Chief Justice David Maraga said new approaches to the administration of justice shall be adopted such as the integration of plea bargaining in criminal justice in order to expedite the conclusion of cases.
“In order to improve governance and enrich citizen faith in the criminal justice system, members have agreed to improve transparency and accountability in their individual systems and procedures,’ read part of the resolutions.
The council further said its members will endeavour to leverage on the use of technology in the whole justice sector, from investigations, prosecution and judicial processes.
This the Council said will include prompting legislative changes to allow evidence from non-traditional sources such as CCTV footage.
Do you approve the evidence use transformation.